St Andrew's Primary School
St Andrew's Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RY
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by St Andrew's Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs N James
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 153
- URN
- 114188
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
St Andrew's Primary School was a community primary school in Bishop Auckland. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 153 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Andrew's Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 53% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - |
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 St Andrew's 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 | 53% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 148 |
| 2023/24 | 153 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Andrew's Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 52.3% | 153 | — |
| St Andrew's Academy | 46% | 4.3% | 42.7% | 191 | 0.0 miles |
| Cockton Hill Junior School | 54% | 5.5% | 56.7% | 187 | 0.3 miles |
| Cockton Hill Infant School | — | 5.6% | 50.6% | 146 | 0.3 miles |
| St Anne's CofE Primary School | 73% | 4.2% | 13.6% | 238 | 0.7 miles |
| Prince Bishops Community Primary School | — | — | — | 210 | 0.8 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.3%
- English as an additional language
- 6.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 18.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
-
Cockton Hill Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
-
Cockton Hill Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
-
St Anne's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
-
Prince Bishops Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
Other 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
- Cockton Hill Junior 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
Common questions
- What year groups does St Andrew's Primary School teach?
- St Andrew's Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Bishop Auckland.
- Has St Andrew's Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Andrew's 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 St Andrew's Primary School?
- St Andrew's Primary School had 153 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have St Andrew's Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Andrew's Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Andrew's 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 2024.