Hurworth Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Darlington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.591 miles
Published by Darlington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hurworth Primary School is a primary school in Darlington for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hurworth 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 | 3.591 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 Reception 2026 place went to a child living 3.591 miles away, 2nd longest of the 11 Darlington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2023, and every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Westfield Drive, Hurworth, Darlington, DL2 2ET
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 218 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school is a place of calm and kindness.”
- “One pupil rightly described school as a big family in which everyone cares for one another.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe.”
To improve
- “In some areas, such as history and modern foreign languages, the curriculum is less developed.”
- “The essential knowledge that pupils need to learn has not been mapped out as well in these subjects as it is elsewhere.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 December 2023 (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) | 83% | 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: 31 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.
- Firthmoor Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skerne Park Academy 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Academy 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Rydal Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heathfield Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Infants' School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published