Carmel College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,367 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.5
Academy converter
Haughton Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 854of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 42.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 168
- Ofsted
- Report card, 12 May 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Haughton Community School (URN 114320, until 1 April 2012).
What the data says
Haughton Academy has no sixth form. Of the 154 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 60% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 47% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.0 against 46.1 across England and 44.3 in Darlington, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Darlington and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Haughton Academy | Darlington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 154 | 1,148 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 24% | 31% | 13% |
| — further education college | 60% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 1% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Haughton Academy | Darlington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.0 | 44.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 31% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 | 3.83 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 42% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.9 | 31.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.2 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 164 | 98% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 59% |
| English Language | 163 | 97% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 159 | 95% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 154 | 92% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 50% |
| Design and Technology | 79 | 47% | 11% | 8% | 23% | 52% |
| Geography | 73 | 43% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 37% |
| History | 68 | 40% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 41% |
| French | 51 | 30% | 18% | 6% | 29% | 65% |
| Art and Design | 49 | 29% | 7% | 12% | 24% | 88% |
| Music | 20 | 12% | 5% | 5% | 33% | 50% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 11% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 61% |
| Physical Education | 17 | 10% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 71% |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 10% | 31% | 50% | 32% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 5% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| Media Studies | 5 | 3% | 4% | — | 20% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Biology | 2 | 1% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Statistics | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Chemistry | 2 | 1% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 147 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 47 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Tourism | 26 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 17 | — | — |
Where Haughton Academy is
Other secondary schools in Darlington are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Darlington’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Darlington
Hummersknott Academy
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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.8
Hurworth School
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.1
Longfield Academy
Academy sponsor led · 660 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Polam Hall School
Free schools · 842 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.6
St Aidan's Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 587 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.