Academy converter · Primary
Darlington · DL3 9DE · Darlington
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 139691
Marchbank Free School
Free schools special · Darlington · DL3 9BL
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
63
Local authority
Darlington
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools special, Ages 5–11, in Darlington, Darlington, 63 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 66.7%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools special
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 139691
Location
- Address
- Mowden Hall, Barnes Road
- Postcode
- DL3 9BL
- Town
- Darlington
- County
- County Durham
- Local authority
- Darlington
- District
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 63
- Boys / girls
- 53 / 10
- School capacity
- 65
- Capacity fill
- 63 / 65 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 66.7%
- FSM pupils
- 42
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE EDUCATION VILLAGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE EDUCATION VILLAGE ACADEMY TRUST
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 65 on roll / 65 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Green
- Telephone
- 01325254670
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-01-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 96.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 87.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0