High Coniscliffe CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
High Coniscliffe CofE Primary School is a primary school in Darlington for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 July 2022. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
High Coniscliffe CofE 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 13 of the 25 other Darlington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 of the 23 applications came from outside Darlington.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 17.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.5 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
- Ulnaby Lane, High Coniscliffe, Darlington, DL2 2LL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 96 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 July 2022
Strengths
- “This is a caring, nurturing school.”
- “Pupils and parents describe it as being part of a family.”
- “They feel safe and are well looked after by staff.”
To improve
- “Leaders have not yet finished revisions to planning for some subjects.”
- “In some subjects, leaders have not yet fully developed assessment approaches, but they have clear plans to do so.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 October 2022 (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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Mount Pleasant Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Mowden Junior School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Mowden Infant School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- West Park Academy 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good
- Abbey Junior School 3.2 mi School remains Good
- Abbey Infants' School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published