Staindrop Academy
Cleatlam Lane, Darlington, DL2 3JU
504 pupils · 75% of 675 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Free school meals
- 30.8%
Ofsted
Good (2021) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 6 October 2021, published 17 November 2021. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 38.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 65.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 16.7% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.99 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 95 | 94 | 171 | 95 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 115 | 117 | 238 | 115 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 115 | 115 | 199 | 115 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 86 | 84 | 185 | 86 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 87 | 83 | 160 | 87 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 80 | 78 | 175 | 79 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 61 | 61 | 137 | 61 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 56 | 53 | 116 | 53 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Teesdale School and Sixth Form 7.2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College 11.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Bishop Barrington Academy 11.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- King James I Academy Bishop Auckland 13 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Greenfield Academy 14.4 km · Requires improvement (2019) · previous system
- Wyvern Academy 14.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.