Croft Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Darlington, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.473 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Croft Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Darlington, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Croft 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 | 4.473 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.473 miles away, the 7th longest of the 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Of 34 applications for Reception 2026, 23 (68%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 6 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 92% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- South Parade, Croft-on-Tees, Darlington, DL2 2SP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 117 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “This is a school full of positivity and respect.”
- “Pupils have positive attitudes to learning.”
- “They focus and concentrate well in lessons.”
To improve
- “Some subject leaders have identified they now need to decide on what is the essential knowledge from the learning overview objectives.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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) | 92% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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 North Yorkshire.
- Barton Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- North and South Cowton Community Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- East Cowton Church of England Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Great Smeaton Academy Primary School 5.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Melsonby Methodist Primary School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary School 6.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School 6.9 mi Good Last distance published