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State primary · 2 to 11 · Mixed · 438 pupils

Bowburn Primary School

Crowtrees Lane, Bowburn, DH6 5FP · County Durham
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Ofsted: Good · January 2024(115/193)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 9,376th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(115/193)Rank among 193 County Durham primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the County Durham league table →
Inspection
Good, January 2024
Getting in
Last offer 0.6 mi (2026)
Results
59% expected standard; 8% higher standard
Size
438 pupils; 68 places a year; classes of 29
Run by
Advance Learning Partnership
Type
Academy converter
Ages
2 to 11 · Mixed
Could your child get in?In 2026 offers reached 0.6 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.Check a postcode ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →

At a glance

Against County Durham and England
This schoolCounty DurhamEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
59%
In line with County Durham
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
8%
In line with County Durham
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
29.3
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
30%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
23.5
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
In line with County Durham
County Durham and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

In 2026 offers reached 0.6 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Durham County Council offer-day figures, 2022 to 2026.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception20263011230130.6
Reception2024—6639——
Reception2023—5638——
Reception2022—4736——

Source: Council offer-day figures: Durham County Council, Hampshire County Council, 2022 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

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Results

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 23 January 2024
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 59% (England 62%) (county 62%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 8% (England 8%) (county 8%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%62%62%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard8%8%8%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(115/193)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

County Durham league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

  • Classes average 29.3 pupils; 29% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 23.5 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 77 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 10 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (1 fatal, 4 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.8 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
  • Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size29.32025/26
Classes over 30 pupils29%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher23.5November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus77

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20243
20231
20224
20211

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 4 serious and 1 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO28.82024
PM1011.32024
PM255.82024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals30%2025/26
First language other than English10%2025/26
SEN support23%2025/26
Education, health and care plan3.9%2025/26
Girls48%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Ofsted

Ofsted, January 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
23 January 2024Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Admissions

Getting in

  • 67 families put it first for 68 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202668678667

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2026 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Who runs it

  • Advance Learning Partnership, with 23 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2025
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2025 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Bowburn Primary School (URN 114087) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2025
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Coxhoe Primary School1.7 miShincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School1.7 miCassop Primary School1.9 miKelloe Primary School2.1 miCompare side by side →
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Durham County Council, Hampshire County Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Bowburn and the County Durham league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.