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 ranking4th of 8 secondary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: Expected
All-through
Phase
882
Capacity
4-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
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:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 59.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 49
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 33.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 90
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
- 400 (48%)
- Girls
- 441 (52%)
- 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Grange Road
Darlington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 142174
- UKPRN
- 10053816
- Establishment No.
- 6000
- Trust
- WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST
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