Welcome to
NCEA Bishop’s C OF E Primary
A note from our Headteacher
Welcome to NCEA Bishop’s Primary School. We are based at the Josephine Butler Campus in Ashington in the same building as Duke’s Secondary School and Castle School. We serve the wards of Ashington Central, College and Hirst and children can attend our school from our 2 year old provision to Year 6.
At Bishop’s Primary we aim for all children to grow in both their learning and their values.
This means we create a stimulating, safe and happy environment where every child feels valued and can thrive. We use the parable of the mustard seed to teach children about how they may begin small but over their time at school will achieve great things.
Just like seeds, we believe all children need LIGHT to grow and so we encourage all children to show our LIGHT values of Love, Inclusivity, Goodness, Hope and Truth at all times, whether in school or in the community.
We work together with our families to ensure we help our children to grow and flourish in all they do. We want our children to feel safe, be happy and love their learning. We want our families to feel welcome and supported by our school. In this way we are ‘all growing together’.
We hope you find the information on our website useful.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch with our school office.
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Mrs. A Thompson, Headteacher"Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree"
(Matthew 13:31-32)
"It is the largest of all garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches"
(Matthew 13:31-32)
"All growing together"
Bishop's Primary School
Bishop’s Primary School
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We're looking forward to #WorldBookDay which we're celebrating on FRIDAY this year! Children can dress up as a book character or come in their PJs for a bedtime story.
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Bishop's will be open as usual tomorrow, 25th February.
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🚨UPDATE: Josephine Butler Closure Notice — Tuesday 24th February 2026
NCEA Bishop's Primary, NCEA Duke's Secondary School & Castle School will be closed again Tuesday 24th February 2026.
Works are currently underway but we will provide an update by Tuesday 2:30pm to confirm whether the campus will reopen on Wednesday 25th February.
We understand this may cause inconvenience and appreciate your patience while the issue is resolved.
PLEASE NOTE: The Nest, 2 year old and 30 hours provision at Robert Stephenson will not be affected and are open as usual.
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❗️SCHOOL CLOSED to children on Monday 23rd Feb❗️ This is due to no heating and hot water in our main building.
Robert Stephenson building is unaffected so children attending the Nest, 2 year old provision and 30 hour provision may still attend. The afternoon Nursery session in Bishop's WILL NOT go ahead.
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