St Aidan's Church of England 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 requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 13/09/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hundens Lane, Darlington, DL1 1LL
Website: http://staidansacademy.co.uk/
Telephone: 01325373770
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Darlington
Headteacher / Principal: Nicole Gibbon
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135314

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 13/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 700
Number of Pupils: 510
Number of Boys: 243
Number of Girls: 267

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

: -0.27 Confidence interval -0.54 to 0
Of the 90 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 87 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:6%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:88%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:12%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:39.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.93
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Borough Road Nursery School
Borough Road , DL1 1SG
2out of 4 1,076 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
George Dent Nursery School
Elms Road , DL3 7PY
4out of 4 2,170 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Heathfield Primary School
The Broadway , DL1 1EJ
2out of 4 417 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Harris Street , DL1 4NL
3out of 4 884 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
The Rydal Academy
Rydal Road , DL1 4BH
3out of 4 1,049 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
St John's Church of England Academy
Fenby Avenue , Lascelles Park DL1 4UB
4out of 4 1,168 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Gurney Pease Academy
Dodsworth Street , DL1 2NG
3out of 4 1,247 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Aidan's Church of England Academy
Hundens Lane , DL1 1LL
2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Haughton Academy
Salters Lane South , DL1 2AN
2out of 4 1,832 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Longfield Academy
Longfield Road , DL3 0HT
3out of 4 3,117 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Darlington College
Central Park , Haughton Road DL1 1DR
- not rated 830 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
Vane Terrace , DL3 7AU
- not rated 2,306 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Polam Hall School
Grange Road , DL1 5PA
2out of 4 2,179 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beaumont Hill Academy
Salters Lane South , DL1 2AN
3out of 4 1,832 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Rise Carr College
Eldon Street , DL3 0NS
3out of 4 2,594 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.