Corporation Road Community 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 🔒
Corporation Road Community Primary School is a primary school in Darlington for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Darlington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Corporation Road Community 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
- 36.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Darlington is 28%.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier published years, 2023 and 2024.
- In 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 29 Reception offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 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
- Corporation Road, Darlington, DL3 6AR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Darlington
- Pupils on roll
- 282 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are very happy.”
- “They greet visitors with warm welcomes and broad smiles.”
- “Pupils are very proud of their school and its community.”
To improve
- “In core curriculum subjects, some pupils are not always given sufficient opportunities to deepen their knowledge.”
- “They do not, therefore, achieve as highly as they might.”
- “In some subjects, the content choices and approaches do not always match the learning that the school wants pupils to experience.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 October 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) | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Reid Street Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northwood Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gurney Pease Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Abbey Infants' School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrowgate Hill Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published