St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Darlington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Darlington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Darlington for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Augustine's Catholic 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 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
- 7.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 26.7 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 28% and 20.7 across the 8 nearest Darlington primary schools.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the lowest of 27 Darlington primary schools.
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, and 5 of the 22 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of this school and 6 of its 8 nearest Darlington primaries that have results.
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
- Beechwood Avenue, St Augustine's RC Primary School, Darlington, DL3 7HP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “The pupils in this school are wonderful ambassadors for this core value.”
- “Pupils have a secure understanding of justice and fairness.”
- “Older pupils understand the importance of protected characteristics.”
To improve
- “This is not the case at the higher standard.”
- “Some pupils are not achieving as well as they should.”
- “The school has robust assessment arrangements in place, but teachers are not using this information well enough to inform their planning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 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) | 71% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 17 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.
- Abbey Infants' School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Skerne Park Academy 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Corporation Road Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Reid Street Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Rydal Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Mowden Infant School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good