Abbey Junior School
Primary · Darlington · DL3 8NN
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 21 June 2023
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362 pupils · 100% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 7.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.1% of pupils
- Website
- www.abbeyschools.org.uk
- URN
- 136989
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
88 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
62% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% moved to another state school · 13% left the state-funded sector
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, academy 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
- 9 January 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.