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Secondary schools in Darlington

Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.

What the data says

Darlington has 8 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 1,148 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 87% stayed in education (England 86%): 12% in a school sixth form, 31% at a sixth form college, 42% at a further education college.

4% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.

After sixth form, 36% of students in Darlington went to university (England 37%), and 18% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).

GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 44.3 against 46.1 for England; 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).

After Year 11: Darlington against England

Darlington
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureDarlingtonEngland
Pupils in the cohort1,148607,348
Stayed in education87%86%
— school sixth form12%34%
— sixth form college31%13%
— further education college42%37%
Apprenticeship4%3%
Employment3%3%
No sustained destination6%6%

Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went

One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.

Hummersknott Academy → School sixth form: about 7 pupils (3% of 241)Hummersknott Academy → Sixth form college: about 130 pupils (54% of 241)Hummersknott Academy → Further education college: about 84 pupils (35% of 241)Hummersknott Academy → Apprenticeship: about 5 pupils (2% of 241)Hummersknott Academy → Employment: about 2 pupils (1% of 241)Hummersknott Academy → No sustained destination: about 7 pupils (3% of 241)Carmel College → School sixth form: about 112 pupils (53% of 211)Carmel College → Sixth form college: about 32 pupils (15% of 211)Carmel College → Further education college: about 44 pupils (21% of 211)Carmel College → Apprenticeship: about 11 pupils (5% of 211)Carmel College → Employment: about 2 pupils (1% of 211)Carmel College → No sustained destination: about 8 pupils (4% of 211)Longfield Academy → School sixth form: about 5 pupils (3% of 155)Longfield Academy → Sixth form college: about 48 pupils (31% of 155)Longfield Academy → Further education college: about 74 pupils (48% of 155)Longfield Academy → Other education: about 3 pupils (2% of 155)Longfield Academy → Apprenticeship: about 9 pupils (6% of 155)Longfield Academy → Employment: about 6 pupils (4% of 155)Longfield Academy → No sustained destination: about 8 pupils (5% of 155)Haughton Academy → School sixth form: about 2 pupils (1% of 154)Haughton Academy → Sixth form college: about 37 pupils (24% of 154)Haughton Academy → Further education college: about 92 pupils (60% of 154)Haughton Academy → Apprenticeship: about 3 pupils (2% of 154)Haughton Academy → Employment: about 5 pupils (3% of 154)Haughton Academy → No sustained destination: about 15 pupils (10% of 154)Hurworth School → School sixth form: about 6 pupils (5% of 128)Hurworth School → Sixth form college: about 52 pupils (41% of 128)Hurworth School → Further education college: about 50 pupils (39% of 128)Hurworth School → Apprenticeship: about 8 pupils (6% of 128)Hurworth School → Employment: about 4 pupils (3% of 128)Hurworth School → No sustained destination: about 6 pupils (5% of 128)St Aidan's Church of England Academy → School sixth form: about 3 pupils (3% of 86)St Aidan's Church of England Academy → Sixth form college: about 16 pupils (19% of 86)St Aidan's Church of England Academy → Further education college: about 50 pupils (58% of 86)St Aidan's Church of England Academy → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (2% of 86)St Aidan's Church of England Academy → Employment: about 6 pupils (7% of 86)St Aidan's Church of England Academy → No sustained destination: about 6 pupils (7% of 86)Wyvern Academy → School sixth form: about 4 pupils (5% of 78)Wyvern Academy → Sixth form college: about 20 pupils (26% of 78)Wyvern Academy → Further education college: about 39 pupils (50% of 78)Wyvern Academy → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (3% of 78)Wyvern Academy → Employment: about 1 pupils (1% of 78)Wyvern Academy → No sustained destination: about 10 pupils (13% of 78)Polam Hall School → School sixth form: about 3 pupils (4% of 67)Polam Hall School → Sixth form college: about 21 pupils (31% of 67)Polam Hall School → Further education college: about 32 pupils (48% of 67)Polam Hall School → Other education: about 1 pupils (1% of 67)Polam Hall School → Apprenticeship: about 3 pupils (4% of 67)Polam Hall School → Employment: about 3 pupils (4% of 67)Polam Hall School → No sustained destination: about 2 pupils (3% of 67)Hummersknott Academy: 241 pupilsHummersknott Academy 241Carmel College: 211 pupilsCarmel College 211Longfield Academy: 155 pupilsLongfield Academy 155Haughton Academy: 154 pupilsHaughton Academy 154Hurworth School: 128 pupilsHurworth School 128St Aidan's Church of England Academy: 86 pupilsSt Aidan's Church of England Acad… 86Wyvern Academy: 78 pupilsWyvern Academy 78Polam Hall School: 67 pupilsPolam Hall School 67School sixth form: 142 pupils (13% of Darlington’s leavers)School sixth form 142Sixth form college: 356 pupils (32% of Darlington’s leavers)Sixth form college 356Further education college: 465 pupils (42% of Darlington’s leavers)Further education college 465Other education: 4 pupils (0% of Darlington’s leavers)Apprenticeship: 43 pupils (4% of Darlington’s leavers)Employment: 29 pupils (3% of Darlington’s leavers)No sustained destination: 62 pupils (6% of Darlington’s leavers)No sustained destination 62
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination

Map of secondary schools in Darlington

Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

State-funded secondary schools (8)

Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Carmel CollegeAcademy converter · sixth form1,36790%53%21%5%54%53.560%
Haughton AcademyAcademy converter85485%1%60%2%—38.034%
Hummersknott AcademyAcademy converter1,21593%3%35%2%—47.857%
Hurworth SchoolAcademy converter62184%5%39%6%—49.152%
Longfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led66084%3%48%6%—42.844%
Polam Hall SchoolFree schools84285%4%48%4%—44.638%
St Aidan's Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led58780%3%58%2%—40.041%
Wyvern AcademyAcademy sponsor led46481%5%50%3%—37.724%

Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (4)

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Darlington Collegecollege · Further education—————7%——
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form Collegesixth form · Academy 16-19 converter—————50%——
Hurworth House School Aspris Children's servicesspecial · Other independent special school70—————1.80%
Beaumont Hill Academystate · Academy special converter · sixth form39986%0%43%0%—4.30%

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