Bowburn Primary School

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

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).

In 2025–26 Bowburn Primary School had 23.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils 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, 22.6% of pupils at Bowburn Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

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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Bowburn Primary School is part of Advance Learning Partnership, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Brandon Primary Academy Durham
• Whitworth Park Academy Spennymoor
• Middlestone Moor Academy Durham
• New Brancepeth Primary Academy Durham
• Durham Academy Durham
• Parkside Academy Crook
• Hunwick Primary School Crook
• Dene Academy Peterlee
• Edmondsley Primary Academy Durham
• Greenfield Academy Newton Aycliffe

What is Bowburn Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bowburn Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024 of its predecessor, Bowburn Primary School.

When was Bowburn Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bowburn Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Bowburn Primary School have?

Bowburn Primary School has 438 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bowburn Primary School cover?

Bowburn Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Bowburn Primary School?

Bowburn Primary School is at Crowtrees Lane, Bowburn, County Durham, DH6 5FP.