St John's Chapel Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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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St John's Chapel Primary School is a primary school in Bishop Auckland, County Durham for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St John's Chapel 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
- The school had 24 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 5.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 8 places.
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
- Burnfoot, St John's Chapel, Bishop Auckland, DL13 1QH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 24 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “There are warm relationships between pupils and staff.”
- “Pupils benefit from the highly nurturing and welcoming environment in school.”
- “Their individual talents and uniqueness are celebrated.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, curriculum coverage is not substantial enough.”
- “The school does not provide enough time for pupils to cover some topics with enough depth.”
- “This means that some pupils are not achieving as well as they could be in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 3 offers in total, 3 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.
- Wearhead Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Frosterley Primary School 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy 9.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wolsingham Primary School 12.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodland Primary School 13.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Castleside Primary School 13.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cotherstone Primary School 14.0 mi Good Last distance published