North East
Primary schools in Darlington
45 schools, 15,508 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 39.5.
Ofsted across Darlington
Good21
Outstanding2
Requires improvement1
No overall grade21
24 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 21 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Darlington
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2024 | 85% |
| Hurworth Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2023 | 83% |
| Springfield AcademyAcademy converter | Darlington | No grade | 79% |
| Abbey Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2023 | 77% |
| Mowden Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2022 | 77% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2023 | 77% |
| Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2022 | 76% |
| Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bishopton | Good 2024 | 75% |
| Gurney Pease AcademyAcademy converter | Darlington | No grade | 73% |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2024 | 71% |
| Corporation Road Community Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | Good 2023 | 71% |
| St John's Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Darlington | Outstanding 2022 | 70% |
| Heighington Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Newton Aycliffe | No grade | 69% |
| Heathfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | No grade | 68% |
| Whinfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2022 | 68% |
| West Park AcademyAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2024 | 67% |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | No grade | 64% |
| Firthmoor Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | No grade | 62% |
| High Coniscliffe CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2022 | 62% |
| Reid Street Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2022 | 57% |
| St. George's Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2023 | 57% |
| Northwood Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | Good 2024 | 56% |
| Harrowgate Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Darlington | No grade | 48% |
| The Rydal AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | Good 2022 | 46% |
| St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2023 | 37% |
| Skerne Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | Requires improvement 2024 | 35% |
| Red Hall Primary SchoolCommunity school | Darlington | No grade | 25% |
| Abbey Infants' SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2022 | — |
| Mowden Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2023 | — |