Skerne Park Academy
Primary · Darlington · DL1 5AJ
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 18 June 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
248 pupils · 59% of 420 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 57.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 13.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 26.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.8% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.skernepark.org.uk
- URN
- 139195
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.88 first-choice applications per place17 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
40 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)
65% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 28% 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
- 18 June 2024: Requires improvement
- 25 May 2023: Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action in order for the school to become a good school
- 15 February 2022: Requires improvement
- 1 May 2018: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.