Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary 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 | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry202 applications · 80 places offered · 73 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2025 2.2; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2024 2.4; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2023 2.0; Darlington median median 1.5
- 2022 2.0; Darlington median median 1.6
- 2021 2.2; Darlington median median 1.6
- 2020 2.3; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2019 2.2; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2018 2.3; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2017 2.6; Darlington median median 1.8
- 2016 2.8; Darlington median median 1.9
- 2015 3.3; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2014 2.8; 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 | 80 | 202 | 2.5 | 73 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 | 198 | 2.2 | 89 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 82 | 198 | 2.4 | 79 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 86 | 168 | 2.0 | 79 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 90 | 183 | 2.0 | 100 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 89 | 191 | 2.2 | 95 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 79 | 178 | 2.3 | 78 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 89 | 191 | 2.2 | 83 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 208 | 2.3 | 94 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2017 | 72 | 189 | 2.6 | 64 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 251 | 2.8 | 91 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 91 | 300 | 3.3 | 114 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 255 | 2.8 | 90 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Abbey Infants' SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.5applications per place
- 0.3 km · DarlingtonRemains Good202377%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · DarlingtonNot yet inspected
- 0.9 km · DarlingtonGood20244.6applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · DarlingtonRemains Good20233.0applications per place
- 1.3 km · Darlington202677%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · DarlingtonRemains Good20221.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · DarlingtonGood20233.2applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 136988 · 841/2666
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 264 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Abbey Infants' School (URN 114181)
- Address
- Cleveland Terrace, Darlington, DL3 8JA
- Local authority
- Darlington
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources