State-fundedFurther education · County Durham · DL14 6JZ
Secondary with sixth form · ages 14–99
Bishop Auckland College is a state-funded school in County Durham, teaching pupils aged 14 to 99.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | -3.160th percentile | -3.030th percentile | -3.370th percentile | -3.190th percentile |
| Attainment 8 | 6.01st percentile | 7.92nd percentile | 5.51st percentile | 6.52nd percentile |
Progress 8 for 2023–24 was -3.16 — well below average, the 0th percentile nationally. On average pupils left with grades about 3.16 of a grade per subject lower than pupils across England who had the same results at the end of primary school.
The 95% confidence interval for 2023–24 runs -3.57 to -2.75. That sits entirely below zero, so the below-average result is very unlikely to be chance. It has moved around a good deal across the years shown, from -3.37 to -3.03. The three-year average is the steadier number to judge it on.
Attainment 8 is the average grade pupils leave with across eight GCSEs; it tells you where they ended up, and tracks the intake a school admits as much as anything the school does. Progress 8 compares those grades with pupils nationally who had the same results at the end of primary school, so it is the better measure of what a school added.
| Grade 5+ in English & Maths | 0%5th percentile |
|---|---|
| EBacc average point score | 0.462nd percentile |
A school can post a respectable overall score while coasting one group and carrying the average on another. The row that matters to you is the one your own child sits in.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower starters | -2.51 | -2.05 | -2.68 | -2.41 |
| Middle starters | -3.62 | -3.61 | -4.06 | -3.76 |
| Higher starters | — | — | — | — |
Not published — this school has no applications and offers figures in the Department for Education data.
Not published — this school has no attendance figures in the Department for Education data.
Not inspected, or no grade in the published data
Around half of schools currently have no grade here — usually recently opened schools, or academies whose last full inspection was under a predecessor URN.
The GCSE results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, which describes pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers where pupils go next, A-level or sixth-form results, pastoral care, how far a school pushes music, sport or drama, or how it feels to walk around — and those are the things parents most often say settled it. Visit at an open evening before you rank a school.
Nor is any of it a prediction of a place. Whether your child is offered one depends on the school's admission criteria and, most often, on how far you live from the gate.
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