St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Bishop AucklandConstituency

DL14 6QHPostcode

5.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 219 pupils. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland is part of BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

<1%

Pupils

219

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

50%

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: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 219
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
7 Feb 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.