Ramshaw Primary School

Community school·Primary school Bishop Auckland, County Durham·DL14 9SD
Composite score
41.6
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National rank
#557
In North East
#135
In County Durham
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
6 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
18
any preference, for 6 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ramshaw Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
66
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,382
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Ramshaw Primary School at a glance

Located in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Ramshaw Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 66 pupils aged 4 to 11. 64% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ramshaw Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. Ramshaw Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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