Schools in Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland has 39 schools, including 30 primaries and 4 secondaries, all coordinated by Durham County Council. County Durham operates a designated catchment area system for most community schools - your home address determines your catchment school, and places are offered to catchment pupils before out-of-catchment applicants. Bishop Auckland's catchment boundaries cover several distinct communities including Spennymoor, Shildon, and the surrounding Wear Valley villages.
Secondary schools in the Bishop Auckland area include King James I Academy and Durham Johnston (selective sixth form). County Durham's admissions round opens in September for secondary places starting the following September, with the national deadline in October. Families moving into the area should contact Durham County Council's School Admissions team promptly, as catchment schools can be full and in-year transfers to popular schools are not guaranteed.
School demand in Bishop Auckland
Across the 34 schools in Bishop Auckland with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 79%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
8 schools in Bishop Auckland have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
17 of the schools in Bishop Auckland are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of County Durham, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
15 of the schools in Bishop Auckland have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Bishop Auckland: 3 oversubscribed (30)
Hamsterley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 3QF
Tow Law Millennium Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 4LF
Frosterley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 2SN
St John's Chapel Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 1QH
Wearhead Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 1BN
Wolsingham Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 3ET
Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 9UD
Etherley Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 7RB
Ramshaw Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 9SD
Butterknowle Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 5PB
Escomb Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 7SR
Toft Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 0JA
Woodland Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 5RF
Cockton Hill Junior School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6HW
Cockton Hill Infant School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6HW
Cockfield Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 5EN
St Anne's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6LS
Victoria Lane Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bishop Auckland · DL14 8NN
Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
BISHOP AUCKLAND · DL13 2NU
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 0EP
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 8NN
Evenwood Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 9QZ
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6QH
Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL13 4AU
Witton-le-Wear Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 0BG
St Helen Auckland Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 9EN
St Andrew's Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6RY
Woodhouse Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6QW
Prince Bishops Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 8DY
Copeland Road Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 9JJ
Secondary Schools in Bishop Auckland (4)
King James I Academy Bishop Auckland
Secondary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 7JZ
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Secondary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6JT
Wolsingham School
Secondary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL13 3DJ
Bishop Barrington Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6LA
Other Schools in Bishop Auckland (5)
Aclet Close Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6PX
Etherley Lane Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 7RF
Bishop Auckland College
All through · Further education
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6JZ
Evergreen Primary School
Not applicable · Community special school
Bishop Auckland · DL14 6LS
Highcroft School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 5AG
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Bishop Auckland are set by County Durham and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.