Prince Bishops Community Primary School
Gibson Street, Coundon Grange, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8DY
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Prince Bishops Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Lynn George Claire Patchett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 222
- URN
- 134855
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Prince Bishops Community Primary School was a community primary school in Bishop Auckland. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 222 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Prince Bishops Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2006, 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 | 28 | 26 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 69% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 8% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 85% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 77% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 88% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 107.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
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 Prince Bishops Community 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 | 50% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 231 |
| 2023/24 | 235 |
| 2024/25 | 222 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Prince Bishops Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 8% | 49.2% | 222 | — |
| Prince Bishops Community Primary School | — | — | — | 210 | 0.0 miles |
| St Andrew's Academy | 46% | 4.3% | 42.7% | 191 | 0.8 miles |
| Thornhill Primary School | 93% | 4.6% | 32.9% | 205 | 0.9 miles |
| Cockton Hill Junior School | 54% | 5.5% | 56.7% | 187 | 1.0 miles |
| Cockton Hill Infant School | — | 5.6% | 50.6% | 146 | 1.0 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)
- 49.2%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.01%
- Persistent absence
- 30.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prince Bishops Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
-
St Andrew's Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
-
Thornhill Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Shildon
-
Cockton Hill Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
-
Cockton Hill Infant School1.0 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 Prince Bishops Community Primary School teach?
- Prince Bishops Community Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Bishop Auckland.
- Has Prince Bishops Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Prince Bishops Community 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 Prince Bishops Community Primary School?
- Prince Bishops Community Primary School had 222 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Prince Bishops Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Prince Bishops Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Prince Bishops Community 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 9 July 2025.