Graded inspection · Apr 2023 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 25 April 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Woodhouse Community Primary School, URN 131919
- 20 November 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Woodhouse Community Primary School, URN 131919
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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 entry26 applications · 16 places offered · 14 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.1; County Durham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Woodhouse Community Primary School (URN 131919), the previous school.
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 | 16 | 26 | 1.6 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 22 | 1.4 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 25 | 28 | 1.1 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 * | 19 | 24 | 1.3 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 18 | 28 | 1.6 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 * | 25 | 30 | 1.2 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 * | 24 | 34 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 * | 21 | 32 | 1.5 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 27 | 31 | 1.2 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 * | 23 | 28 | 1.2 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 39 | 1.3 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 * | 25 | 29 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Woodhouse Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20231.6applications per place
- 0.6 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County Durham202654%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20241.6applications per place
- 1.6 km · County DurhamGood20191.6applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected1.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County Durham20262.5applications per place 57%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151430 · 840/3523
- Capacity
- 230 pupils · 176 on roll
- Free school meals
- 64.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- Woodhouse Community Primary School (URN 131919)
- Address
- Walker Drive, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6QW
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources