Secondary
Longfield Academy
Longfield Road, Darlington, DL3 0HT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 660 of 900 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Trust
- NORTHERN ARCH LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 64.6
- Pupils per adult
- 12.3
- Pupils
- 793
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 October 2024
- 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)Earlier inspections1
April 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
44%
Level with the Darlington average (44% across 8 schools)
42.8
1.5 below the Darlington average (44.3 across 8 schools)
3rd 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 | 42.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.57 |
| Entered the EBacc | 24% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% |
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 | 44% |
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 42% |
| 24/25 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.11 |
| 22/23 | -0.09 |
| 23/24 | -0.47 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.5 |
| 22/23 | 46.5 |
| 23/24 | 43.6 |
| 24/25 | 42.8 |
Longfield Road, Darlington, DL3 0HT
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.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Angela Sweeten
- Address
- Longfield Road, Darlington, DL3 0HT