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Woodhouse Community Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMs Andrea Norman

location_onBishop Auckland, DL14 6QW

language Visit Website phone 1388602885

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2023

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Students

234

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Expected Standard

41%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Woodhouse Community Primary School is a Community school primary school in Bishop Auckland, serving ages 2-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 87% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Woodhouse Community Primary School is a community school in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, admitting pupils aged 2-11. The school has approximately 234 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 41% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #170 of 188 primaries in County Durham and #13,855 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Requires improvement, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 9.1%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 3.8 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

41%

LA 60%

Reading44% LA 72%

Writing59% LA 72%

Maths56% LA 72%

Read SS

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading57% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing67% LA 71% · Eng 72%

Maths73% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

61%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading78% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing74% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths87% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.7

Read

LA -0.6

-3.2 to 1.9

-0.4

Write

LA -0.1

-2.9 to 2.0

1.4

Maths

LA -0.9

-1.0 to 3.9

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading70% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 80% · Eng 78%

Maths77% LA 79% · Eng 79%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.3

Read

LA 0.1

-3.6 to 0.9

1.2

Write

LA 0.6

-0.9 to 3.3

0.5

Maths

LA 0.1

-1.5 to 2.5

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

43%

LA 67%

Reading64% LA 77%

Writing75% LA 78%

Maths75% LA 78%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.6

Read

LA 0.7

-4.8 to -0.4

-1.5

Write

LA 0.6

-3.6 to 0.6

-0.8

Maths

LA 0.6

-2.8 to 1.2

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 December 2024

Inspection Report

25 April 2023

Inspection Report

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19 November 2019

Inspection Report

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26 January 2016

Inspection Report

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24 February 2014

Inspection Report

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22 October 2013

Inspection Report

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03 November 2011

Inspection Report

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26 March 2009

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2023-04-25

S5 Inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2016-01-26

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-10-22

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

4.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

4.0%(9 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 223 pupils. During this period, there were 11 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 4.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	223	11	4.9%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	224	11	4.9%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	209	3	1.4%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	231	7	3.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	234	3	1.3%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	226	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	237	5	2.1%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	230	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	219	1	0.5%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	237	1	0.4%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	226	1	0.4%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	228	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	236	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	236	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	227	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	243	7	2.9%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	243	1	0.4%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	242	1	0.4%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	260	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	260	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	245	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	243	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	238	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	227	1	0.4%	0.5%