West Park Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Darlington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.550 miles
Published by Darlington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Park Academy is a primary school in Darlington for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
West Park 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.550 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.550 miles away, the 5th longest of 11 Darlington primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.22 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 59 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 57 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- 18% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 8%), and 67% met the expected standard (England 62%).
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
- Alderman Leach Drive, Darlington, DL2 2GF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 464 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this vibrant school.”
- “They enthusiastically engage in a curriculum designed to help them understand who they are, where they come from and who they aspire to be.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for all pupils.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, pupils’ learning is not checked as frequently as it could be.”
- “As a result, leaders do not know how well pupils are achieving in these subjects and teachers do not consistently identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (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) | 67% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Mount Pleasant Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Mowden Junior School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Mowden Infant School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Reid Street Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harrowgate Hill Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corporation Road Community Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published