St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bishop Auckland, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland is a primary school in Bishop Auckland, County Durham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland 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 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer and the 7th highest of 195 County Durham primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 50.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43.7% 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
- Murphy Crescent, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6QH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this nurturing school.”
- “Relationships are strong between adults and pupils.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school and say that they would recommend it to others.”
To improve
- “The school is further developing ways to better support those pupils who are not making the progress that they are capable of.”
- “However, the curriculum is not always suitably adapted to meet the needs of these pupils.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2025 (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) | 40% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Anne's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodhouse Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cockton Hill Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cockton Hill Junior School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Andrew's Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Etherley Lane Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Escomb Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Helen Auckland Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published