Bishop Auckland College
Bishop Auckland College is a further education in Bishop Auckland for boys and girls aged 14 to 99.
Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JZ01388 443000bishopaucklandcollege.ac.ukShaun Hope principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
50 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 50 | 48 | 44 | 58 | 36 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 44.2 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -3.16 | -3.03 | -3.37 | -3.01 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 4% | 0% | 5% | 7% | 0% | 41% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 8% | 8% | 16% | 7% | 3% | 61% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.55 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 3.75 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | – | – |
Subjects
Results came out for 3 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
Subjects that did worse than the England average: English Language (6% here, 54% across England), Mathematics (7% here, 53% across England), Combined Science (0% here, 36% across England).
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 47 | 2% | 6% | 13% | 54% | 3,208 of 3,210 |
| Mathematics | 46 | 0% | 7% | 9% | 53% | 3,210 of 3,211 |
| Combined Science | 29 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 3,077 of 3,084 |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
324 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 324 | 342 | 360 | 314 | 613 | 667 |
| Average A level grade | z | z | z | z | NE | NE |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 11.32 | 18.20 | – | 28.22 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | – | 39.10 | 43.76 | 42.91 | – | – |
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to County Durham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 44 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 64% | 50% | 60% | 58% |
| Education | 55% | 40% | 44% | 46% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Work | 5% | 7% | 13% | 8% |
| Not in education, work or training | 20% | 33% | 29% | 42% |
After sixth form
Where the 321 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 49%, compared with 68% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 22% went on to degree-level study or training and 0% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 59% | 61% | 63% | – |
| Education | 18% | 24% | 23% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6% | 8% | 1% |
| Work | 36% | 32% | 33% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 34% | 34% | 31% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College | Academy | 250 m | 1,229 | Good 2024 | 57 | Compare |
| Bishop Barrington Academy | Academy | 330 m | 599 | Good 2024 | 24 | Compare |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland | Academy | 460 m | 219 | Not inspected | 17 | Compare |
| St Anne's CofE Primary School | Church of England | 650 m | 238 | Not inspected | 71 | Compare |
| Evergreen Primary School | Council | 780 m | 211 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Woodhouse Primary Academy | Academy | 890 m | 176 | Requires improvement 2023 | 0 | Compare |
| Aclet Close Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 980 m | 70 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Etherley Lane Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.8 miles | 44 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bishop Auckland College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bishop Auckland College yet.
How good are Bishop Auckland College's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 4% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 4.6, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished well over a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Bishop Auckland College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JZ
- Telephone
- 01388 443000
- Website
- www.bishopaucklandcollege.ac.uk
- Principal
- Shaun Hope
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 14-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130657 · LAESTAB 8408002 · UKPRN 10000720
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.