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38 open schools in Bishop Auckland, County Durham · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all County Durham schools · grammar schools in Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland has 38 state schools: 30 primary, 4 secondary, part of County Durham's wider catchment. 34 have a published Ofsted rating, and 26 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

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Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St Andrew's Academy Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bishop Barrington Academy Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Prince Bishops Community Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Etherley Lane Primary School Good · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Victoria Lane Academy Good · ×0.95 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cockton Hill Infant School Good · ×0.97 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in County Durham

Primary schools: Priority is by nearest-school distance (GIS-measured shortest walking route); one source notes 'no catchment areas for some places' — no county-wide catchment map mechanism found, unlike neighbouring LAs. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Aclet Close Nursery School Bishop Auckland · Good Bishop Auckland College Bishop Auckland · Good Bishop Barrington Academy Bishop Auckland · Good Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law Bishop Auckland · Not judged Butterknowle Primary School Bishop Auckland Cockfield Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Cockton Hill Infant School Bishop Auckland · Good Cockton Hill Junior School Bishop Auckland Copeland Road Primary School Bishop Auckland · Not judged Escomb Primary School Bishop Auckland Etherley Lane Nursery School Bishop Auckland · Good Etherley Lane Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Evenwood Church of England Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Evergreen Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Frosterley Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Hamsterley Primary School Bishop Auckland · Not judged King James I Academy Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery Bishop Auckland · Good Prince Bishops Community Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Ramshaw Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good St Andrew's Academy Bishop Auckland · Good St Anne's CofE Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park Bishop Auckland · Good St Helen Auckland Community Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College Bishop Auckland · Good St John's Chapel Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon Bishop Auckland · Requires improvement St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland · Good Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School BISHOP AUCKLAND · Not judged Toft Hill Primary School Bishop Auckland · Not judged Tow Law Millennium Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Victoria Lane Academy Bishop Auckland · Good Wearhead Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Witton-le-Wear Primary School Bishop Auckland · Not judged Wolsingham Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good Wolsingham School Bishop Auckland · Good Woodhouse Primary Academy Bishop Auckland · Requires improvement Woodland Primary School Bishop Auckland · Good

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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