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Prince Bishops Community Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 210 pupils Bishop Auckland
Ofsted: Good

Prince Bishops Community Primary School is an academy converter in Bishop Auckland for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has 210 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Prince Bishops Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2024 of its predecessor, Prince Bishops Community Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: February 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Gibson Street
Coundon Grange
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL14 8DY
Reference Number 151431

General Makeup

Number of pupils 210
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.71%
Girls: 54.29%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 50.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 25

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 14 30
2 10 13 23
3 15 11 26
4 11 16 27
5 14 15 29
6 5 13 18

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 77.1%
Mixed, Other 2.4%
African 1.9%
White & Black (African) 1%
White, Other 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
White & Asian 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Prince Bishops Community Primary School, inspected in February 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
07 Feb 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 10 1
Third Preference 3 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Prince Bishops Community Primary School had 183 pupils for 210 places. 27 places (12.9%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Bishop Auckland” planning area

County Durham counted 285 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 270 in 2029–30, down 5%.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2025–26 Prince Bishops Community Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 9.2
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.6% of pupils at Prince Bishops Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 21 1
Social, emotional and mental health 9 3
Moderate learning difficulty 4 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Multi-sensory impairment 1 1
Physical disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0
Vision impairment 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

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Prince Bishops Community Primary School is part of Lingfield Education Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

What is Prince Bishops Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Prince Bishops Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2024 of its predecessor, Prince Bishops Community Primary School.

When was Prince Bishops Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Prince Bishops Community Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Prince Bishops Community Primary School have?

Prince Bishops Community Primary School has 210 pupils on roll.

What age range does Prince Bishops Community Primary School cover?

Prince Bishops Community Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Prince Bishops Community Primary School?

Prince Bishops Community Primary School is at Gibson Street, Coundon Grange, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 8DY.

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