Hummersknott Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Darlington, DL3 8AR
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Carmel College
The Headlands, Darlington, DL3 8RW
Local ranking1st of 8 secondary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1382
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 1 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 215
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
122
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 294
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1365
- Boys
- 669 (49%)
- Girls
- 698 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1382 (99% full)
- SEND
- 13.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.2%
- EAL
- 17.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 11.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,134/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
- 5.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 73.8%
- White Other: 11.1%
- Asian Indian: 5.0%
- Black African: 2.8%
- Other: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
73.8%
White British
11.1%
White Other
5.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
The Headlands
Darlington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 137622
- UKPRN
- 10035670
- Establishment No.
- 4603
- Trust
- BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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