Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law

Academy converter · Primary school · Bishop Auckland, County Durham
DL13 4AU
Composite score
7.2

About Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law

Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law is a primary school in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, classified by the DfE as an academy converter with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 77 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 11% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 32.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. 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 103 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law 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 further down the page.

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#14,773
National rank
#762
In North East
#194
In County Durham
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
11%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

School profile

Pupils on roll 77 % FSM ever-6 35.4% % EAL 0.0% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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