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Haughton Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 854Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 138089URN

Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2AN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Darlington median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Darlington

291 applications for 187 places · 6th of 7 in Darlington
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.3of 90
5th of 8 in Darlington
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 23 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 1 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
close to Darlington median (1.7) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

291 applications · 187 places offered · 181 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Darlington median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.5; Darlington median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.6; Darlington median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.5; Darlington median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.4; Darlington median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.5; Darlington median median 1.5
  7. 2020 1.4; Darlington median median 1.5
  8. 2019 1.3; Darlington median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.2; Darlington median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.3; Darlington median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.4; Darlington median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.5; Darlington median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.7; Darlington median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Darlington median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261872911.61810.97
Sep 20251652501.51550.94
Sep 20241983161.62001.01
Sep 20232063001.52101.02
Sep 20221742421.41700.98
Sep 20211502201.51430.95
Sep 20201762461.41600.91
Sep 20191451891.31060.73
Sep 20181692081.21400.83
Sep 20171532031.31320.86
Sep 20161722431.41210.70
Sep 20151752561.51250.71
Sep 20141532551.71310.86

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

142 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.35th of 8 in Darlington
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%3rd of 8 in Darlington
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Darlington median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.57
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14242.347%63%–
2024/2516838.034%54%–
2023/2413639.843%59%−0.57
2022/2315442.837%57%−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

  • 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
138089 · 841/4285
Trust
The Education Village Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 854 on roll
Free school meals
42.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2012
Replaced
Haughton Community School (URN 114320)
Address
Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2AN
Local authority
Darlington

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources