Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool
Primary · Darlington · DL2 3DR
Data updated
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 22 May 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
42 pupils · 42% of 100 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 16% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151061
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 May 2019 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place7 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Darlington school admissions · County Durham school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
12 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 86% (County Durham 90%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (County Durham 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 5% (County Durham 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (County Durham 0%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (County Durham 2%, England 7%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · County Durham: 3.75 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,099; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 10% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £64,000; in-year balance +£9,000
Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 38.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 15.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 39.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 46.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 73.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 9.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 17.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 39.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 28.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 8.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020862 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £230,00051 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £177,500–£281,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 0a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
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