Woodhouse Primary Academy, Bishop Auckland

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a welcoming, happy and caring school for children aged 2-11, centered between Bishop Auckland town centre and Tindale Retail Park. As part of the Advance Learning Partnership (ALP) family of schools we ensure that children are at the heart of all we do and uphold our trust philosophy of ‘Your Child is Our Child’."

Woodhouse Primary Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Woodhouse Community Primary School (URN 131919), 44% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 56% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 14 families put Woodhouse Primary Academy as their first choice and 26 named it as one of their preferences, for 16 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 Woodhouse Primary Academy are St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland (0.4 miles, 50% reading, 70% maths); St Anne's CofE Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 83% maths); Cockton Hill Junior School (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, 65% reading, 65% maths); and Cockton Hill Infant School (0.9 miles, Good).

Woodhouse Primary Academy is one of 23 schools run by Advance Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

59.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 2.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 50 pupils (28.4%) received SEN support and 2 (1.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Weardale Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lusby Cres - Gudmunsen Ave (nw-bound), 70 metres away.

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

In 2024/25, Woodhouse Primary Academy issued 67 suspensions, 32.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Woodhouse Primary Academy are St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College (0.5 miles), Bishop Barrington Academy (0.6 miles) and King James I Academy Bishop Auckland (1.4 miles).