Skerne Park Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Skerne Park Academy is a primary school in Darlington for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Skerne 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 | 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (18 June 2024); among the 8 nearest primary schools in Darlington, 6 are Good, 1 Outstanding and 1 has no current grade.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 15 first-choice applications for 17 offers; every applicant was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 55.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 32.5% 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
- Coleridge Gardens, Darlington, DL1 5AJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 248 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Skerne Park Academy is a rapidly improving school.”
- “Pupils are proud to attend the school.”
- “Staff know the pupils and the community very well.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s ambition for the quality of education that pupils receive in key stages 1 and 2 is not yet realised.”
- “Pupils do not make the progress of which they are capable.”
- “There is work to do to ensure pupils learn the curriculum well and remember it, so that they are ready for the next stage of their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 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) | 35% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 15 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.
- The Rydal Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbey Infants' School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Firthmoor Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbey Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Corporation Road Community Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published