Schools in Darlington[1]

Local authority district E06000005 · 47 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 66 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 19 (29%)[4]
second 20%: 16 (24%)[4]
middle 20%: 10 (15%)[4]
fourth 20%: 8 (12%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 13 (20%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	26%[4]	20%[4]	20%[4]	17%[4]	18%[4]
Employment	33%[4]	20%[4]	14%[4]	18%[4]	15%[4]
Education and skills	26%[4]	27%[4]	12%[4]	8%[4]	27%[4]
Health and disability	44%[4]	24%[4]	15%[4]	15%[4]	2%[4]
Crime	36%[4]	17%[4]	20%[4]	14%[4]	14%[4]
Housing and services	8%[4]	5%[4]	6%[4]	23%[4]	59%[4]
Living environment	23%[4]	20%[4]	11%[4]	18%[4]	29%[4]
Children in low-income families	27%[4]	21%[4]	15%[4]	14%[4]	23%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 62.7% of 48,927 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 29.0% of 88,104 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 10.4% of 88,126 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (9)

School	Ages	Headline results
Carmel College	11–18[2]	A8 53 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Haughton Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Hummersknott Academy	11–16[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8]
Hurworth School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Longfield Academy	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Polam Hall School	4–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College	16–19[2]	AL B- 2024/25[9]
St Aidan's Church of England Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Wyvern Academy	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (29)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abbey Infants' School	4–7[2]
Abbey Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Corporation Road Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Firthmoor Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Gurney Pease Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Harrowgate Hill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Heathfield Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Heighington Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
High Coniscliffe CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Hurworth Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Mount Pleasant Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Mowden Infant School	5–7[2]
Mowden Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Northwood Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Red Hall Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 25% 2024/25[10]
Reid Street Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Skerne Park Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
Springfield Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St Bede's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
St John's Church of England Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 37% 2024/25[10]
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
St. George's Church of England Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
The Rydal Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
West Park Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Whinfield Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]

Special schools and alternative provision (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Beaumont Hill Academy	2–19[2]
Embleton View	5–18[2]
Hurworth House School Aspris Children's services	5–19[2]
Marchbank Free School	5–11[2]
Oakwood Learning Centre	8–18[2]
Pear Tree School	8–18[2]
Rise Carr College	11–16[2]

Nursery schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Borough Road Nursery School	2–5[2]
George Dent Nursery School	2–5[2]

Sources

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Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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