Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry67 applications · 29 places offered · 30 named it first
- 2026 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.1; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.9; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.7; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.4; County Durham median median 1.6
- This school
- County Durham median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 56 | 2.2 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2021 | 19 | 35 | 1.8 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 26 | 63 | 2.4 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 23 | 44 | 1.9 | 21 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 54 | 2.2 | 22 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 29 | 42 | 1.5 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 | 26 | 35 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 84% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- County Durham median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 74% | 13% | 107 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 7% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 4% | 106 | 104 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Toft Hill Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County DurhamGood20231.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place
- 2.6 km · County Durham20262.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20243.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected1.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114107 · 840/2426
- Capacity
- 182 pupils · 203 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0JA
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources