Hummersknott Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Darlington
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.109 miles
Published by Darlington Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hummersknott Academy is a secondary school in Darlington for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hummersknott Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.109 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 3.109 miles away, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2023; the distance swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 205 first-choice applications for 247 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the lowest of 7 Darlington secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026, 199 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place; 48 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 47.8 (England 46).
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
- Edinburgh Drive, Darlington, DL3 8AR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 1,215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Hummersknott Academy is a friendly, happy place.”
- “Pupils are safe and they feel safe.”
- “They enjoy learning and they are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “They recognise the need to ensure that improvement strategies are more sharply focused upon impact to support them to provide robust challenge and support to leaders.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 205 first-preference applications, 247 offers in total, 199 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Darlington.
- Carmel College 0.4 mi Not judged
- Wyvern Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Longfield Academy 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Academy 2.5 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Haughton Academy 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hurworth School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published