Whinfield Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Darlington, DL1 3HT
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Springfield Academy
Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2AN
Local ranking15th of 29 primary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
236
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 28 April 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 79.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 237
- Boys
- 115 (49%)
- Girls
- 121 (51%)
- Capacity
- 236 (100% full)
- SEND
- 17.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.1%
- EAL
- 3.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,581/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.9%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Other: 0.8%
- White Traveller: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
91.9%
White British
3.0%
White Other
0.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Salters Lane South
Darlington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 138088
- UKPRN
- 10037041
- Establishment No.
- 2659
- Trust
- THE EDUCATION VILLAGE ACADEMY TRUST
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