Harrowgate Hill Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D41
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Darlington, DL3 0HZ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Kingsway, Thompson Street East, Darlington, DL1 3ES
Local ranking23rd of 29 primary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
289
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 42
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 320
- Boys
- 150 (47%)
- Girls
- 170 (53%)
- Capacity
- 289 (111% full)
- SEND
- 16.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.4%
- EAL
- 8.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 15.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,949/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.7%
- Black African: 4.7%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.3%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.6%
80.9%
White British
4.7%
Mixed White & Asian
4.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Kingsway
Darlington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 138523
- UKPRN
- 10037519
- Establishment No.
- 3512
- Trust
- BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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