Borough Road Nursery School
Nursery · Darlington · DL1 1SG
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 4 February 2020
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109 pupils
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 2–5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 7.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.1% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 113982
Staffing
Teacher retention (2024/25)
33% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 67% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 18 February 2025: Standards maintained
- 4 February 2020: Good
- 14 November 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.