Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School

State-Funded School

bowes-hutchinsons-cofe-aided-school-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Bishop AucklandConstituency

DL12 9LGPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Durham, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 39 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Mar 2026 · published 18 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

100%

Pupils

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 39
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
23 Oct 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement
3 Feb 2009	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.