16 plus school in Bishop Auckland, County Durham
Bishop Auckland College
Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6JZ
Ofsted
Ofsted has not published an inspection outcome for this school.
This is usual for schools that have opened recently, and for most independent schools, which are inspected by ISI or another approved body rather than Ofsted.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as supp.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
- In education, work or training
- 64%
- Stayed in education
- 55%
- Started an apprenticeship
- 5%
- Stayed at this school's sixth form
- 0%
- No sustained destination
- 20%
- Pupils in the cohort
- 44
England 91.4%
England 85.4%
England 3.5%
England 5.8%
After sixth form
- Went to university
- 6%
- In education, work or training
- 59%
- Started an apprenticeship
- 6%
- Students in the cohort
- 321
England 50%
England 84.3%
England 6.5%
Going on to university 2021/22 leavers
Went to a top third university
The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.
- Went on to a degree
- 15%
- Students in the cohort
- 117
England 65.3%
These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.
A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for County Durham 058D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 19%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 26%
- Households owning their home
- 55%
- Households in social housing
- 34%
- Households with no car
- 30%
- Adults economically inactive
- 44%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Further education
- Phase
- 16 plus
- Ages
- Ages 14–99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Principal: Shaun Hope
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- URN
- 130657
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded 16 plus schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Luminate Education GroupFurther education | No grade | 19.2 |
| TEC PartnershipFurther education | No grade | 12 |
| East Durham CollegeFurther education | No grade | 12.1 |
| Hull CollegeFurther education | No grade | 11.8 |
| New City CollegeFurther education | No grade | 12.1 |
| West Thames CollegeFurther education | No grade | 1.2 |
| South and City College BirminghamFurther education | No grade | 16.3 |
| South Devon CollegeFurther education | No grade | 31 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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