Secondary
Hurworth School
Croft Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington, DL2 2JG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 621 of 635 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.0
- Local authority
- Darlington
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- NORTHERN ARCH LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 62.9
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 666
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
52%
8 points above the Darlington average (44% across 8 schools)
49.1
4.8 above the Darlington average (44.3 across 8 schools)
2nd of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Darlington we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.83 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 57% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.04 |
| 22/23 | -0.29 |
| 23/24 | +0.12 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.6 |
| 22/23 | 49.6 |
| 23/24 | 53.8 |
| 24/25 | 49.1 |
Croft Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington, DL2 2JG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Darlington admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Rachel Somerville
- Address
- Croft Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington, DL2 2JG
- Telephone
- 01325720424