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Etherley Lane Primary School

Primary school in Bishop Auckland, Durham. Standards maintained (Mar 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 21 January 2020, report published 1 March 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Since then: ungraded inspection

Inspected 5 March 2025, report published 7 April 2025.

Standards maintained

An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.

Next inspection: around March 2029

The last inspection was in March 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.5 milesSt Anne's CofE Primary School

    Primary, Bishop Auckland, Durham

    Standards maintained (Oct 2024)

  2. 0.6 milesCockton Hill Infant School

    Primary, Bishop Auckland, Durham

    Standards maintained (Dec 2024)

  3. 0.6 milesCockton Hill Junior School

    Primary, Bishop Auckland, Durham

    Report card, Mar 2026: 4 expected, 2 needs attention

  4. 0.8 milesSt Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland

    Primary, Bishop Auckland, Durham

    Standards maintained (Jan 2025)

  5. 0.9 milesSt Andrew's Academy

    Primary, Bishop Auckland, Durham

    Good (Oct 2019)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.