Longfield Academy is a secondary school located in Darlington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 18/03/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Longfield Road, Darlington, DL3 0HT
Website:
Telephone:
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Darlington
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Dean Judson
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 145577

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 18/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 900
Number of Pupils: 884
Number of Boys: 467
Number of Girls: 417

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 14% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.11 Confidence interval -0.31 to 0.08
Of the 168 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 165 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:42%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:42%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.75
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4George Dent Nursery School
Elms Road, DL3 7PY
2,420 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
2out of 4Borough Road Nursery School
Borough Road, DL1 1SG
2,779 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Harrowgate Hill Primary School
Thompson Street West, DL3 0HZ
411 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Northwood Primary School
Pendleton Road South, DL1 2HF
1,168 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Kingsway, Thompson Street East DL1 3ES
1,209 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Gurney Pease Academy
Dodsworth Street, DL1 2NG
1,877 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
1out of 4Corporation Road Community Primary School
Corporation Road, DL3 6AR
1,970 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Longfield Academy
Longfield Road, DL3 0HT
0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
2out of 4Haughton Academy
Salters Lane South, DL1 2AN
2,074 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
2out of 4St Aidan's Church of England Academy
Hundens Lane, DL1 1LL
3,117 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
2out of 4Wyvern Academy
Eggleston View, DL3 9SH
3,260 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedDarlington College
Central Park, Haughton Road DL1 1DR
2,364 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedQueen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
Vane Terrace, DL3 7AU
2,835 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Rise Carr College
Eldon Street, DL3 0NS
809 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Beaumont Hill Academy
Salters Lane South, DL1 2AN
2,074 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.