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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 9 May 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 29 January 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry416 applications · 209 places offered · 210 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.2; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.2; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.1; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; County Durham median median 1.7
- 2016 1.5; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.6; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2014 1.6; County Durham median median 1.4
- This school
- County Durham median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 209 | 416 | 2.0 | 210 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 202 | 435 | 2.2 | 193 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 191 | 375 | 2.0 | 189 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 222 | 427 | 1.9 | 232 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 224 | 461 | 2.1 | 218 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 226 | 495 | 2.2 | 238 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 214 | 483 | 2.3 | 215 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 227 | 491 | 2.2 | 229 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 | 228 | 481 | 2.1 | 244 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 228 | 425 | 1.9 | 229 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 266 | 410 | 1.5 | 266 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 233 | 365 | 1.6 | 241 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 | 207 | 340 | 1.6 | 203 | 0.98 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 216 | 43.8 | 45% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 206 | 46.4 | 41% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 216 | 50.6 | 56% | 76% | +0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 211 | 47.7 | 46% | 67% | −0.21 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form CollegeThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20242.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · County DurhamGood20242.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · County DurhamGood20231.8applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20193.2applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · County DurhamGood20221.5applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · County DurhamRemains Good20221.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.5applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · County DurhamGood202433.4Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137702 · 840/4681
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,400 pupils · 1,229 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2011
- Replaced
- St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre (URN 114325)
- Address
- Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JT
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources