Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 25 March 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 20 September 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry10 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.0; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.2; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.4; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 38% | 8% | 101 | 97 |
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
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place
- 6.3 km · County DurhamGood20241.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 6.7 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 6.9 km · County DurhamOutstanding20232.2applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 7.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.3applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 12.3 km · County DurhamSpecial measures Inadequate20221.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 14.9 km · North YorkshireRemains Good20231.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 15.2 km · County DurhamGood20241.2applications per place
- 15.6 km · County DurhamGood20231.6applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114237 · 840/3303
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 70 pupils · 39 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Bowes, Bowes Hutchinsons Ce Va Primary School, Barnard Castle, DL12 9LG
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources