Bowburn Primary School
Crowtrees Lane, Bowburn, DH6 5FP
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Bowburn Infant School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natalie Maughan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 540
- Pupils on roll
- 429
- URN
- 114087
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Bowburn Primary School was a community primary school in Bowburn. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 429 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Bowburn Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 40 | 43 | 37 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 51% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 95% | 63% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 60% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 56% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bowburn Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | County Durham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 361 |
| 2023/24 | 400 |
| 2024/25 | 429 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bowburn Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 4.8% | 36% | 429 | — |
| Bowburn Primary School | — | — | — | 438 | 0.0 miles |
| Coxhoe Primary School | 84% | 4.2% | 21.6% | 309 | 1.7 miles |
| Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School | 71% | 3.5% | 7.7% | 195 | 1.7 miles |
| Cassop Primary School | 53% | 6.3% | 21.4% | 114 | 1.9 miles |
| Kelloe Primary School | 76% | 5.4% | 42.3% | 124 | 2.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36%
- English as an additional language
- 10.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.79%
- Persistent absence
- 12.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bowburn Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bowburn
-
Coxhoe Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Durham
-
Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Durham
-
Cassop Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Durham
-
Kelloe Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Kelloe
Other schools in Bowburn
- Bowburn Primary School Primary
- Strawberry Lane Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Bowburn Primary School teach?
- Bowburn Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Bowburn.
- Has Bowburn Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Bowburn Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Bowburn Primary School?
- Bowburn Primary School had 429 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Bowburn Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Bowburn Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bowburn Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2025.