Heighington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Newton Aycliffe, Darlington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.905 miles
Published by Darlington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Heighington Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Newton Aycliffe, Darlington for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 19 February 2025. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Heighington Church of England 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 | 6.905 mi |
| 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 6.905 miles away, the longest of the 11 Darlington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025, the biggest move between published years; every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 4.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 20 of the 51 applications (39%) came from families outside Darlington, and 10 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Hopelands, Heighington, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6PH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 248 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 19 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this school.”
- “From early years onwards, children learn to be kind, caring, respectful and forgiving to others.”
- “They develop their confidence as they progress through the school.”
To improve
- “On occasions, in some subjects, pupils are not moved on to more complex learning when they are ready to do so.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils’ understanding is not as deep as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2025 (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) | 69% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- West Park Academy 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrowgate Hill Primary School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- High Coniscliffe CofE Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good
- Mowden Junior School 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published