Tow Law Millennium Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bishop Auckland · DL13 4LF · County Durham
Ages 3–11
- KS243%
- Absence8.7%
- FSM42.9%
- Demand0.63
2.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 114068
Wolsingham Primary School
Community school · Bishop Auckland · DL13 3ET
Ages 3–11 · 163 pupils · County Durham
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
64%
Overall absence
4.6%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-01-16
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)64%
Higher standard (RWM)18%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.1%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 149
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
17
Places offered
17
1st-preference offers
17
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 25
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 17
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill71%
163 pupils · 231 places
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- Boys / girls
- 91 / 72
- School capacity
- 231
- Capacity fill
- 163 / 231 (71%)
- Free school meals
- 20.3%
- FSM pupils
- 30
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Kitching
Location
- Address
- Upper Town, Wolsingham
- Postcode
- DL13 3ET
- Town
- Bishop Auckland
- County
- County Durham
- Local authority
- County Durham
- District
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, 163 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 20.3%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Bishop Auckland · DL13 4AU · County Durham
Ages 3–11
- KS243%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM34.2%
- Demand1.08
2.9 miles away
Wolsingham School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Bishop Auckland · DL13 3DJ · County Durham
Ages 11–16
- Att848.1
- P8-0.3
- EM5+46%
- Absence10.7%
0.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Kitching
- Telephone
- 01388527457