St Anne's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Bishop Auckland, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.073 miles
Published by Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Anne's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bishop Auckland, County Durham for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Anne's CofE 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 | 1.073 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.073 miles away, the 6th shortest of the 20 County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 31 offers: 31 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 13.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 50% 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
- Warwick Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6LS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 238 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “It does this effectively, with high academic expectations for all.”
- “They are enthusiastic in lessons, and they achieve well in national tests at the end of key stage 2.”
- “As a result, the school is warm and caring.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils’ understanding of key skills is less secure.”
- “In these areas, pupils cannot remember essential knowledge as readily.”
- “However, the school does not always check thoroughly how effective this help is for pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 31 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.
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cockton Hill Infant School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cockton Hill Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Etherley Lane Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodhouse Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Escomb Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prince Bishops Community Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published