Overall Oxbridge
#1,135
1 ranked schools · -221 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
5
Offers
1
Offer rate20.0%
-2.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
A market town of around 16,000 shaped by episcopal governance and coal for much of its history, Bishop Auckland sits at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham. Auckland Castle dominates the historic centre. Once a hunting lodge for the Bishops of Durham, it became their principal residence and defines the town's ecclesiastical character, which predates the Industrial Revolution by centuries.
Coal mining transformed the town through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, drawing workers to estates such as Woodhouse Close, which today draws families competing for primary places, alongside the more rural pockets of Evenwood and Wolsingham further into the Durham countryside. South Church and Toft Hill extend the residential spread westward, and Northern Trains services from Bishop Auckland station link to Darlington, with onward connections to Durham and Newcastle.
29
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4
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1
Post-16
colleges
2
Special
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Area Performance
Across 33 primary and secondary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.82/10, -0.54 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Bishop Auckland schools
Bishop Auckland vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Bishop Auckland schools
top 66% of 14,978
top 66% of 14,978
top 66% of 3,862
top 66% of 3,862
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · -221 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
5
Offers
1
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
3
Offers
0
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · +409 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
2
Offers
1
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Bishop Auckland
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Bishop Auckland
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Bishop Auckland
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