Hamsterley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Bishop Auckland, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Hamsterley Primary School is a primary school in Bishop Auckland, County Durham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Hamsterley Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 1 first-choice application for 1 offer; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 7 places, with 36 pupils on roll in January 2026.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There are 18 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other County Durham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hamsterley Primary School, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3QF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 36 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Hamsterley Primary School are welcoming, polite and friendly.”
- “Through the school’s carefully crafted, nurturing environment, pupils blossom as individuals.”
- “Happiness radiates throughout the school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not achieve as highly as they could.”
- “This inhibits their readiness for the next stage of their education.”
- “Occasionally, some pupils have difficulty in meeting the school’s high expectations for their attitudes to learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 1 first-preference applications, 1 offers in total, 1 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in County Durham.
- Witton-le-Wear Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Howden-le-Wear Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Butterknowle Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Toft Hill Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodland Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ramshaw Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crook Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published