Cockton Hill Junior School
McIntyre Terrace, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6HW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jill Cooper
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 244
- Pupils on roll
- 187
- URN
- 114110
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01388602058
About this school
Cockton Hill Junior School is a community primary school in Bishop Auckland. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 187 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 59 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 41% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 47% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 37% | 51% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 56% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.70 | - | - |
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 Cockton Hill Junior 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 | 33% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 199 |
| 2024/25 | 203 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cockton Hill Junior School compares
Cockton Hill Junior School ranked 133rd of 185 primary schools in County Durham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 5.5% | 56.7% | 187 | — |
| Cockton Hill Infant School | — | 5.6% | 50.6% | 146 | 0.0 miles |
| St Andrew's Academy | 46% | 4.3% | 42.7% | 191 | 0.3 miles |
| St Anne's CofE Primary School | 73% | 4.2% | 13.6% | 238 | 0.5 miles |
| Etherley Lane Primary School | 65% | 6% | 45.2% | 190 | 0.6 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland | 40% | 6.9% | 53.4% | 219 | 0.6 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.65%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.54%
- Persistent absence
- 17.45%
Location
Nearby schools
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Cockton Hill Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
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St Andrew's Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
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St Anne's CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
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Etherley Lane Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland0.6 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
Other schools in Bishop Auckland
Cockton Hill Junior School ranks 15th of the 22 ranked primary schools in Bishop Auckland.
- Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law Primary
- Butterknowle Primary School Primary
- Cockfield Primary School Primary
- Cockton Hill Infant School Primary
- Copeland Road Primary School Primary
- Escomb Primary School Primary
- Etherley Lane Primary School Primary
- Evenwood Church of England Primary School Primary
- Frosterley Primary School Primary
- Hamsterley Primary School Primary
- Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Prince Bishops Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cockton Hill Junior School teach?
- Cockton Hill Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Bishop Auckland.
- Who is the headteacher of Cockton Hill Junior School?
- The headteacher of Cockton Hill Junior School is Mrs Jill Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cockton Hill Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cockton Hill Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Cockton Hill Junior School?
- Cockton Hill Junior School has 187 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Cockton Hill Junior School full?
- Cockton Hill Junior School has capacity for 244 pupils and 187 on roll (77%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cockton Hill Junior School a faith school?
- No. Cockton Hill Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cockton Hill Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cockton Hill Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Cockton Hill Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cockton Hill Junior School rank locally?
- Cockton Hill Junior School ranked 133rd of 185 primary schools in County Durham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cockton Hill Junior School's absence rate?
- Cockton Hill Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cockton Hill Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cockton Hill Junior 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 15 July 2026.