North East
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in Darlington
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel CollegeAcademy converter | Darlington | No grade | 53.5 |
| Hurworth SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Good 2022 | 49.1 |
| Hummersknott AcademyAcademy converter | Darlington | No grade | 47.8 |
| Polam Hall SchoolFree schools | Darlington | No grade | 44.6 |
| Longfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | No grade | 42.8 |
| St Aidan's Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | No grade | 40 |
| Haughton AcademyAcademy converter | Darlington | No grade | 38 |
| Wyvern AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | Good 2023 | 37.7 |