Woodhouse Primary Academy
Primary school in Bishop Auckland, Durham. Requires improvement (Apr 2023).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 25 April 2023, report published 21 June 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Woodhouse Community Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Woodhouse Primary Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
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.
Next inspection: around October 2025
The last inspection was in April 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
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 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.4 milesSt Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Standards maintained (Jan 2025)
- 0.7 milesSt Anne's CofE Primary School
Standards maintained (Oct 2024)
- 0.9 milesCockton Hill Infant School
Standards maintained (Dec 2024)
- 0.9 milesCockton Hill Junior School
Report card, Mar 2026: 4 expected, 2 needs attention
- 1.0 milesSt Andrew's Academy
Good (Oct 2019)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.