Prince Bishops Community Primary School, Bishop Auckland

From the headteacher's welcome: "I also hope you get a feel for our values, ethos and aspirations for all our children. I am immensely proud of Prince Bishops. The school opened in September 2006, following the amalgamation of Dene Valley Primary School and Eldon Lane Primary School. Since then, we have built something very special."

The school runs after-school care, from £4.00 per session.

Prince Bishops Community Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 134855), 68% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 59% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Prince Bishops Community Primary School as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Prince Bishops Community Primary School are St Andrew's Academy (0.8 miles, 65% reading, 77% maths); Thornhill Primary School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 97% reading, 100% maths); Cockton Hill Infant School (1 mile, Good); and Cockton Hill Junior School (1 mile, Requires improvement, 65% reading, 65% maths).

Prince Bishops Community Primary School is one of 26 schools run by Lingfield Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

43.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Prince Bishops Community Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Lane End (nw-bound), 260 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Prince Bishops Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

The secondary schools closest to Prince Bishops Community Primary School are King James I Academy Bishop Auckland (1.1 miles), Bishop Barrington Academy (1.6 miles) and St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College (1.7 miles).