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Tow Law Millennium Primary School

County Durham, DL13 4LFPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Feb 2023
KS2 Results
43%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
12 1st-choice / 12 places
Ranking
#12,055
of 13,686 nationally

About Tow Law Millennium Primary School

Tow Law Millennium Primary School sits within County Durham’s primary landscape as a small state school for mixed-gender pupils aged three to eleven. With 81 pupils on roll against a capacity of 140, it is notably undersubscribed, though its 2025/26 admissions data shows it was oversubscribed for the first time in recent memory, receiving 15 applications for 12 places and offering all 12 to first-preference families. In County Durham’s league table of 170 primary schools, it ranks 148th, placing it in the bottom half locally. The top-performing peers in the same local authority are Montalbo Nursery & Primary School, Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School, and Cestria Primary School, all of which achieve higher ranking scores. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in February 2023, confirmed it remains Good, a notable improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2013 when it was rated Requires Improvement. Leadership and management, alongside overall effectiveness, were both judged Good in that 2013 inspection.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressWear Street, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL13 4LF
HeadteacherLisa Jackson
Local AuthorityCounty Durham
Number of Pupils81
Free School Meals (FSM)49.4%
School Capacity81 / 140 (58% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

14 Feb 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (14 Feb 2023): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 31 Jan 2013. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning DifficultyMulti-SensoryOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Tow Law Millennium Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.