Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- 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
- 28 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 17 May 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry83 applications · 31 places offered · 40 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2025 2.7; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2024 2.3; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2023 1.8; Darlington median median 1.5
- 2022 1.8; Darlington median median 1.6
- 2021 1.8; Darlington median median 1.6
- 2020 2.0; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2019 2.2; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2018 2.2; Darlington median median 1.7
- 2017 2.4; Darlington median median 1.8
- 2016 3.5; Darlington median median 1.9
- 2015 4.3; Darlington median median 2.1
- 2014 3.1; 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 | 31 | 83 | 2.7 | 40 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 54 | 1.8 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 52 | 1.8 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 63 | 2.2 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 23 | 51 | 2.2 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 128 | 4.3 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 35 | 1.17 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% → all three 79% 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 | 79% | 0% | 105 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 4% | 100 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 53% | 3% | 104 | 102 |
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
- Springfield AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · DarlingtonRemains Good20221.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · DarlingtonGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · DarlingtonGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Darlington20262.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · DarlingtonRemains Good20241.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Darlington20262.2applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · DarlingtonStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · DarlingtonGood20231.9applications per place 71%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
- 138088 · 841/2659
- Capacity
- 236 pupils · 236 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- Springfield Primary School (URN 114174)
- Address
- Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2AN
- Local authority
- Darlington
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources