Haughton Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Darlington
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Darlington Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Haughton 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.
Haughton 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 | Not published |
| 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
- For Year 7, every applicant was offered a place in 2025, but places ran out in 2023 and 2024; the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 181 first-choice applications for 187 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 nearest secondary schools in Darlington.
- Its Attainment 8 score in 2024/25 was 38 (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
- Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2AN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 854 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy at Haughton Academy.”
- “They are well cared for by staff who know them well.”
- “Most pupils conduct themselves well in lessons and across the wider school.”
To improve
- “However, the support that a minority of pupils receive to manage their behaviour is not improving their behaviour quickly enough.”
- “Most pupils enjoy coming to school and attend well, but a minority of pupils are absent too often and this impacts on how well they can achieve.”
- “However, a significant minority of pupils do not achieve highly enough in national examinations.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38 | 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: 181 first-preference applications, 187 offers in total, 181 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.
- St Aidan's Church of England Academy 1.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Longfield Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carmel College 2.6 mi Not judged
- Wyvern Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hummersknott Academy 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hurworth School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published