Bowburn Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Bowburn, 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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Bowburn Primary School is a primary school in Bowburn, County Durham for ages 2–11 (academy converter). County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Bowburn 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
- Reception 2026 drew 67 first-choice applications for 68 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Every 2026 Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- With 438 pupils on roll in January 2026, there were 23.5 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham is 22.2.
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
- Crowtrees Lane, Bowburn, DH6 5FP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 438 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 67 first-preference applications, 68 offers in total, 67 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.
- Coxhoe Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cassop Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Kelloe Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Cornforth Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sherburn Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published