Polam Hall School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C58
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Darlington, DL1 5PA
- Distance
- 4.1km away
Hurworth School
Croft Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington, DL2 2JG
Local ranking2nd of 8 secondary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
635
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 122
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 645
- Boys
- 348 (56%)
- Girls
- 273 (44%)
- Capacity
- 635 (98% full)
- SEND
- 23.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.9%
- EAL
- 1.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.2%
- SEN Support
- 16.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,753/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- White Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- White Irish: 0.3%
92.3%
White British
1.7%
Mixed Other
1.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Croft Road
Darlington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 136525
- UKPRN
- 10033249
- Establishment No.
- 4221
- Trust
- NORTHERN ARCH LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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