# St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland is a primary school in County Durham, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 219 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148915. [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 219
- Council: County Durham
- URN: 148915

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 15 January 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 40% of pupils at St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in County Durham and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-catholic-school-and-sixth-form-college-e137702): 230 m. Secondary. School remains Good, May 2024. Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Bishop Barrington Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bishop-barrington-academy-e148706): 330 m. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Bishop Auckland College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bishop-auckland-college-e130657): 460 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file. Attainment 8 of 4.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Anne's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-cofe-primary-school-e114220): 480 m. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Aclet Close Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aclet-close-nursery-school-e113972): 540 m. Nursery. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [Woodhouse Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodhouse-primary-academy-e151430): 640 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2023, before the school changed

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148915)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148915)

## How to cite

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