Prince Bishops Community Primary School
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
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Prince Bishops Community Primary School 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.
Prince Bishops Community 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, 23rd lowest of 195 County Durham primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 19.6 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 17 across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- Free school meals: 43.8% of pupils are eligible, 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
- Gibson Street, Coundon Grange, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8DY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 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 Andrew's Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornhill Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cockton Hill Infant School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cockton Hill Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Victoria Lane Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Timothy Hackworth Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published