Carmel College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Darlington, DL3 8RW
- Distance
- 1.8km away
Polam Hall School
Grange Road, Darlington, DL1 5PA
Local ranking3rd of 8 secondary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
882
Capacity
4-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 25 November 2025. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 104
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 841
- Boys
- 386 (46%)
- Girls
- 456 (54%)
- Capacity
- 882 (95% full)
- SEND
- 13.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.6%
- EAL
- 14.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 11.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,321/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
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.5%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Black African: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.6%
- Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
77.5%
White British
7.0%
White Other
3.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Grange Road
Darlington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 142174
- UKPRN
- 10053816
- Establishment No.
- 6000
- Trust
- WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST
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