Woodhouse Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodhouse Primary Academy is a primary school in Bishop Auckland, County Durham for ages 2–11 (academy converter). County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Woodhouse Primary Academy 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 16 Reception offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 9th lowest of 195 County Durham primary schools.
- Free school meal eligibility is 59.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- There are 16.9 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 18.8 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
- Walker Drive, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6QW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 176 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 14 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 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Anne's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cockton Hill Infant School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cockton Hill Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Andrew's Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Helen Auckland Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Etherley Lane Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Escomb Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published