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Mount Pleasant Primary School

2–11Ages
259Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143449URN

Newton Lane, Mount Pleasant Primary School, Darlington, DL3 9HE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.3 below Darlington median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Darlington

55 applications for 30 places · 18th of 25 in Darlington

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

76%met the expected standard

Darlington 68% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Darlington median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

55 applications · 30 places offered · 33 named it first

2026 1.8; Darlington median median 2.1
2025 2.1; Darlington median median 2.1
2024 2.0; Darlington median median 2.1
2023 1.6; Darlington median median 1.5
2022 1.5; Darlington median median 1.6
2021 1.6; Darlington median median 1.6
2020 1.5; Darlington median median 1.7
2019 1.3; Darlington median median 1.7
2018 1.6; Darlington median median 1.7
2017 1.4; Darlington median median 1.8
2016 1.6; Darlington median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 2.3; Darlington median median 2.1; as the previous school
2014 2.1; Darlington median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Darlington median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Darlington median

Dashed bars: as Mount Pleasant Primary School (URN 114166), the previous school.

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	30	55	1.8	33	1.10
Sep 2025	21	44	2.1	19	0.90
Sep 2024	30	60	2.0	35	1.17
Sep 2023	29	47	1.6	31	1.07
Sep 2022	29	42	1.5	33	1.14
Sep 2021	30	48	1.6	30	1.00
Sep 2020	30	46	1.5	31	1.03
Sep 2019	30	39	1.3	29	0.97
Sep 2018	29	47	1.6	30	1.03
Sep 2017	23	32	1.4	20	0.87
Sep 2016 *	27	44	1.6	23	0.85
Sep 2015 *	30	70	2.3	38	1.27
Sep 2014 *	30	64	2.1	43	1.43

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 76% · Maths 94% → all three 76% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%7th of 27 in Darlington

Darlington 68% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard88%

Darlington 77% England 78%

Higher standard47%

Darlington 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard76%

Darlington 77% England 75%

Greater depth18%

Darlington 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard94%

Darlington 77% England 77%

Higher standard18%

Darlington 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Darlington median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	76%	12%	109	107
2023/24	64%	12%	107	105
2022/23	69%	19%	105	107

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

Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

1.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
West Park Academy
0.9 km · Darlington

Remains Good2024

2.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School
0.9 km · Darlington

Good2023

3.2applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
1.0 km · Darlington

Remains Good2023

3.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Mowden Junior School
1.2 km · Darlington

2026

77%met the SATs standard
Mowden Infant School
1.3 km · Darlington

Remains Good2023

3.0applications per place
Reid Street Primary School
2.1 km · Darlington

Remains Good2022

1.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Abbey Junior School
2.1 km · Darlington

Remains Good2023

77%met the SATs standard
Abbey Infants' School
2.3 km · Darlington

Good2022

2.5applications per place

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: 143449 · 841/2648
Trust: Lingfield Education Trust
Capacity: 262 pupils · 259 on roll
Free school meals: 56.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2016
Replaced: Mount Pleasant Primary School (URN 114166)
Address: Newton Lane, Mount Pleasant Primary School, Darlington, DL3 9HE
Local authority: Darlington

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources