Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law

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 a converter academy 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 was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 7 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. 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 above.