Graded inspection · Sep 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| 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 entry26 applications · 11 places offered · 10 named it first
- 2026 2.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 3.1; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Copeland Road Primary School (URN 114187), 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 | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2023 * | 20 | 34 | 1.7 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 17 | 30 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 19 | 30 | 1.6 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 21 | 40 | 1.9 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 19 | 36 | 1.9 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 21 | 42 | 2.0 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 25 | 41 | 1.6 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 14 | 0.93 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Copeland Road Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place
- 0.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected1.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20243.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20231.6applications per place
- 3.4 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 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
- 151457 · 840/2704
- Capacity
- 169 pupils · 130 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- Copeland Road Primary School (URN 114187)
- Address
- West Auckland, Bishop Auckland, DL14 9JJ
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources