St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Darlington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.927 miles
Published by Darlington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Darlington for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2023. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Cockerton Church of England 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 | 2.927 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
- In 2024/25, 37% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest among this school and 6 of the 8 nearest Darlington primary schools that have results.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.927 miles away, the 4th longest of the 11 Darlington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 29.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.5% 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
- Newton Lane, Cockerton, Darlington, DL3 9EX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy the warm and welcoming atmosphere at St Marys Cockerton Primary School.”
- “Staff help pupils to gather this knowledge in their imaginary ‘backpack’ and are ambitious for what pupils can achieve.”
- “Pupils enjoy the wide range of curriculum subjects in the school.”
To improve
- “Pupils remember less of what they are taught when it is does not link as well with what they have learned in the past.”
- “However, staff sometimes do not give some pupils the help that they need to stay focused on what they are doing.”
- “However, Year 6 outcomes from 2022 do not reflect some of these improvements.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 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) | 37% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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.
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Mowden Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mowden Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Mount Pleasant Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Reid Street Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Park Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbey Infants' School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published