Evergreen Primary School
Warwick Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6LS
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Mrs Judith Benson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 202
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- URN
- 134663
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01388459721
About this school
Evergreen Primary School is a community special school in Bishop Auckland. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 211 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 7 December 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 39 | 33 | 37 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 5% | 3% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 97.0 | 98.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 94.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -8.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.00 | - | - |
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 Evergreen 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 | 0% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 195 |
| 2023/24 | 195 |
| 2024/25 | 206 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 63.37%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.93%
- Persistent absence
- 29.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oakwood Learning Centre3.5 miles
Special schools · Darlington
-
The Oaks Secondary School3.9 miles
Special schools · Spennymoor
-
The Meadows Academy4.0 miles
Academies · Spennymoor
-
Pear Tree School4.0 miles
Special schools · Darlington
-
The Grange Learning Centre4.0 miles
Special schools · Low Willington
Other schools in Bishop Auckland
- Highcroft School Special schools
- Aclet Close Nursery School Nursery
- Etherley Lane Nursery School Nursery
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Evergreen Primary School teach?
- Evergreen Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a special school in Bishop Auckland.
- Who is the head of school of Evergreen Primary School?
- The head of school of Evergreen Primary School is Mrs Judith Benson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Evergreen Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Evergreen Primary 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 Evergreen Primary School?
- Evergreen Primary School has 211 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Evergreen Primary School full?
- Evergreen Primary School has capacity for 202 pupils and 211 on roll (104%), so it is at or above 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 Evergreen Primary School a faith school?
- No. Evergreen Primary School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Evergreen Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Evergreen Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Evergreen Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Evergreen Primary School's absence rate?
- Evergreen Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Evergreen Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Evergreen 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 1 July 2026.