Reid Street Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Darlington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Darlington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Reid Street Primary School is a primary school in Darlington for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 April 2022. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Reid Street Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 28% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Darlington.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 17.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Darlington.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Darlington schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Reid Street, Darlington, DL3 6EX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 364 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 April 2022
Strengths
- “Reid Street Primary School’s values of ‘respect, equality, independence and diversity’ thread through pupils’ daily experiences.”
- “Pupils understand why these values are vital to helping everyone.”
- “They enjoy choosing charities to raise money to help others.”
To improve
- “However, the restrictions have limited the opportunities that subject leaders have had to monitor their subjects.”
- “This means they have a limited understanding of how effectively teachers are delivering the curriculum plans.”
- “However, some pupils struggle to use this vocabulary to reason mathematically.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 May 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 41 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Darlington.
- Corporation Road Community Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Abbey Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Northwood Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbey Infants' School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Mowden Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published