Firthmoor Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Darlington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Darlington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Firthmoor Primary School is a primary school in Darlington for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Firthmoor 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place; there were 29 first-choice applications for 32 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 7th lowest of 27 Darlington primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 20 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.9 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
- Ingleby Moor Crescent, Darlington, DL1 4RW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 279 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Firthmoor Primary is an improving school.”
- “Pupils are happy, friendly and welcoming.”
- “Staff build warm and positive relationships with them.”
To improve
- “Bullying happens occasionally.”
- “However, occasionally, some pupils do not model this as well as others.”
- “However, in more recently developed curriculum subjects, such as religious education and personal, social and health education, some pupils struggle to recall key knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2026 (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) | 62% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Academy 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Rydal Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Heathfield Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Skerne Park Academy 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Red Hall Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gurney Pease Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published