Darlington schools and admissions data

Darlington Borough Council has 35 primary schools and 15 secondary schools. 8% of Darlington's schools are private schools. 4 state schools in Darlington follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 37 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Darlington

  1. Outstanding 3
  2. Good 30
  3. Requires Improvement 6
  4. Inadequate 1

Most popular state schools
in Darlington in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Springfield Academy

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    St John's Church of England Academy

    Academy converter • Lascelles Park, Darlington

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Hurworth Primary School

    Academy converter • Hurworth, Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Holy Family Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    West Park Academy

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Mount Pleasant Primary School

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Red Hall Primary School

    Community school • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Harrowgate Hill Primary School

    Community school • Darlington

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Reid Street Primary School

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School

    Academy converter • Bishopton

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Bede's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Thompson Street East, Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Skerne Park Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Darlington

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  14. 14

    Northwood Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    High Coniscliffe CofE Primary School

    Academy converter • High Coniscliffe, Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Corporation Road Community Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Darlington

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  17. 17

    Mowden Infant School

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Abbey Infants' School

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Whinfield Primary School

    Community school • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Gurney Pease Academy

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Carmel College

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Hummersknott Academy

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Hurworth School

    Academy converter • Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Haughton Academy

    Academy converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Longfield Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Darlington

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  6. 6

    Wyvern Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Darlington

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    St Aidan's Church of England Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Rise Carr College

    Pupil referral unit • Darlington

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

    Academy 16-19 converter • Darlington

    Ofsted: None

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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