St John's Church of England Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C68
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Darlington, DL1 4UB
- Distance
- 0.5km away
The Rydal Academy
Rydal Road, Darlington, DL1 4BH
Local ranking20th of 29 primary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 46.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 82
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 621
- Boys
- 329 (53%)
- Girls
- 292 (47%)
- Capacity
- 630 (99% full)
- SEND
- 22.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.3%
- EAL
- 11.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 19.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,958/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 68.2%
- Gypsy/Roma: 7.6%
- Black African: 7.3%
- White Other: 5.0%
- White Traveller: 2.9%
- Other: 2.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Black Other: 1.3%
68.2%
White British
7.6%
Gypsy/Roma
7.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Rydal Road
Darlington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 138989
- UKPRN
- 10039567
- Establishment No.
- 2005
- Trust
- NORTHERN ARCH LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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