Schools in Bishop Auckland

About schools in Bishop Auckland

Most of the 39 schools listed in Bishop Auckland are primary schools. Its four secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

54%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 23 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

41.0

average Attainment 8 score, across the 5 schools with published results

Nursery schools2

• Aclet Close Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 0 to 4

• Etherley Lane Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

Primary schools30

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  11%

  expected standard
• Butterknowle Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  29%

  expected standard
• Cockfield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• Cockton Hill Infant School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 7

• Cockton Hill Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• Copeland Road Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

• Escomb Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Etherley Lane Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Evenwood Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Frosterley Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Hamsterley Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

• Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Prince Bishops Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

• Ramshaw Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• St Andrew's Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• St Anne's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Helen Auckland Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• St John's Chapel Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Toft Hill Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Tow Law Millennium Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• Victoria Lane Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Wearhead Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

• Witton-le-Wear Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Wolsingham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Woodhouse Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

• Woodland Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

Secondary schools4

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Bishop Barrington Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  39.4

  Attainment 8
• King James I Academy Bishop Auckland

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  43.9

  Attainment 8
• St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  46.4

  Attainment 8
• Wolsingham School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  44.7

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Bishop Auckland College

  Further education · Ages 14 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision2

• Evergreen Primary School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 11

• Highcroft School

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 18

Common questions about schools in Bishop Auckland

How many schools are in Bishop Auckland?

OfferDay lists 39 schools in Bishop Auckland, including 30 primary schools and four secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Bishop Auckland?

Every school in Bishop Auckland is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Bishop Auckland?

OfferDay ranks schools in Bishop Auckland where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.