Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Darlington
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry207 applications · 118 places offered · 110 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2025 1.8; Darlington median median 1.8
- 2024 1.9; Darlington median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; Darlington median median 1.5
- 2022 1.5; Darlington median median 1.5
- 2021 1.8; Darlington median median 1.5
- 2020 2.1; Darlington median median 1.5
- 2019 2.4; Darlington median median 1.5
- 2018 2.2; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2017 2.2; Darlington median median 2.0
- 2016 2.5; Darlington median median 2.0
- 2015 2.9; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2014 2.9; Darlington median median 2.1
- This school
- Darlington median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 118 | 207 | 1.8 | 110 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 109 | 191 | 1.8 | 98 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 123 | 229 | 1.9 | 112 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 139 | 211 | 1.5 | 123 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 136 | 207 | 1.5 | 130 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 134 | 244 | 1.8 | 135 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 132 | 270 | 2.1 | 134 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 120 | 290 | 2.4 | 166 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2018 | 125 | 272 | 2.2 | 147 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2017 | 123 | 275 | 2.2 | 160 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2016 | 129 | 328 | 2.5 | 162 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2015 | 130 | 375 | 2.9 | 177 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2014 | 125 | 359 | 2.9 | 155 | 1.24 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 122 | 42.4 | 36% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 126 | 49.1 | 52% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 123 | 53.8 | 57% | 81% | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 128 | 49.6 | 56% | 75% | −0.29 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hurworth SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.8applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Darlington20252.7applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · DarlingtonSome aspects not as strong20251.5applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · DarlingtonGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Darlington20261.7applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · Darlington20261.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · DarlingtonGood20231.7applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · DarlingtonGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · Stockton-on-TeesOutstanding20243.1applications per place 51.6Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136525 · 841/4221
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 635 pupils · 621 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Hurworth School (URN 114316)
- Address
- Croft Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington, DL2 2JG
- Local authority
- Darlington
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources