Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Darlington
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 17 February 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
- 19 September 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry58 applications · 27 places offered · 23 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.2; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2024 1.7; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2023 1.4; Darlington median median 1.5
- 2022 1.3; Darlington median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Darlington median median 1.6
- 2020 1.4; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2018 1.4; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2017 1.6; Darlington median median 1.8
- 2016 1.7; Darlington median median 1.9
- 2015 1.9; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2014 1.8; Darlington median median 1.9
- This school
- Darlington median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 27 | 58 | 2.2 | 23 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2025 | 51 | 76 | 1.5 | 50 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 38 | 65 | 1.7 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 43 | 62 | 1.4 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 58 | 75 | 1.3 | 56 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 85 | 1.4 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 70 | 96 | 1.4 | 70 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 148 | 1.6 | 91 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 | 74 | 106 | 1.4 | 74 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 80 | 125 | 1.6 | 77 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 157 | 1.7 | 92 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 170 | 1.9 | 87 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 160 | 1.8 | 86 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 67% · Maths 66% → all three 48% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Darlington median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 48% | 0% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 3% | 103 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 26% | 1% | 102 | 99 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Harrowgate Hill Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · DarlingtonGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · DarlingtonRemains Good20241.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Darlington20262.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Darlington20262.7applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · DarlingtonGood20231.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · DarlingtonRemains Good20221.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · DarlingtonRemains Good20221.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · DarlingtonRemains Good20233.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 135088 · 841/3517
- Capacity
- 708 pupils · 407 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2005
- Address
- Thompson Street West, Darlington, DL3 0HZ
- Local authority
- Darlington
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources