Northwood Primary School
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 🔒
Northwood Primary School is a primary school in Darlington for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Northwood 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
- 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Darlington.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 13 of the 25 other Darlington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 54 first-choice applications for 55 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 13th highest of 27 Darlington primary schools.
- There were 22.2 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Darlington is 20.8.
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
- Pendleton Road South, Darlington, DL1 2HF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 429 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and full of praise for their ‘great teachers’.”
- “They are keen to show visitors the school’s impressive ‘Street’ and talk about the reading and learning that takes place there.”
- “Pupils learn a curriculum that they find interesting.”
To improve
- “However, at times, some teachers do not use suitable activities or resources to help pupils learn best.”
- “Where this is the case, pupils lose focus, and their learning slows.”
- “Sometimes, a few pupils’ conduct falls below staff’s high expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 56% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 54 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.
- Gurney Pease Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harrowgate Hill Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corporation Road Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Springfield Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Reid Street Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whinfield Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Red Hall Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published