Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Darlington · DL2 3NL · County Durham
Ages 3–11
- KS285%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM16.4%
- Demand0.89
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 144991
Staindrop Academy
Academy sponsor led · Darlington · DL2 3JU
Ages 11–16 · 504 pupils · County Durham
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
47.8
Overall absence
10.4%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2021-10-06
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.16
−20+2
Attainment 847.8
English & maths grade 5+43%
English & maths grade 4+63%
EBacc entry23%
EBacc APS: 4.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)34.6%
Unauthorised4.8%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 451
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
115
Places offered
115
1st-preference offers
114
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 199
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 115
- Applications from outside LA
- 4
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill75%
504 pupils · 675 places
- Pupils on roll
- 504
- Boys / girls
- 244 / 260
- School capacity
- 675
- Capacity fill
- 504 / 675 (75%)
- Free school meals
- 30.8%
- FSM pupils
- 155
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Academy trust
- ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Sponsor
- Advance Learning Partnership
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Mitchinson
Location
- Address
- Cleatlam Lane, Staindrop
- Postcode
- DL2 3JU
- Town
- Darlington
- County
- County Durham
- Local authority
- County Durham
- District
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Darlington, County Durham, 504 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 30.8%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent special school
Bishop Auckland · DL13 5AG · County Durham
Ages 11–18
2.4 miles away
Cockfield Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bishop Auckland · DL13 5EN · County Durham
Ages 2–11
- KS254%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM25.7%
- Demand1.07
2.5 miles away
Ingleton CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Darlington · DL2 3JE · County Durham
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence2.7%
- FSM14.6%
- Demand1.00
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Mitchinson
- Telephone
- 01833660285