Upgrade Plan
This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.
Running costs
Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £586 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £237,316 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Vicarage Farm Close: 33 sales since 1995 · £222,000 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escomb Primary School | Primary | 0.4 mi | — |
| Etherley Lane Primary School | Primary | 1.1 mi | — |
| St Anne's CofE Primary School | Primary | 1.2 mi | — |
| St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College | Secondary | 1.0 mi | Progress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24) |
| Bishop Barrington Academy | Secondary | 1.1 mi | Progress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24) |
| King James I Academy Bishop Auckland | Secondary | 1.5 mi | Progress 8 -0.21 · below average (2023/24) |
Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.
Area context
Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020882, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Vicarage Farm Close
How this home sits against its street.