Tow Law Millennium Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wear Street, Attlee Estate, Bishop Auckland, DL13 4LF – View on map
- Phone: 01388730283
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Nicola Mawson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 8 families put it first for 8 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 6 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 33
- % eligible for free school meals: 42.9%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.8% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 70% moved to another school, 30% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across County Durham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in County Durham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 40.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 50% against an expected 52%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 50%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 54% · Writing 85% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 54%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 13 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 129th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =129Seaham Trinity Primary School54%
- =129Thornley Academy54%
- =129Tow Law Millennium Primary School54%
- =135Annfield Plain Junior School53%
- =135Blackhall Primary School53%
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120th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #118Thornley AcademyGood
- #119Timothy Hackworth Primary SchoolGood
- #120Tow Law Millennium Primary SchoolGood
- #121Victoria Lane AcademyGood
- #122Wearhead Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,336 (2024-25)
14th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #12Butterknowle Primary School£11,643
- #13St Michael's Church of England Primary School£11,521
- #14Tow Law Millennium Primary School£11,336
- #15Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor£11,270
- #16St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley Moor£11,230
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