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Beaumont Hill Academy

Academy special converter · Mixed · Darlington

Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2AN

Website 01325254000

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

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No council data

Attendance

92.3%

23.4% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

399

Capacity used

Over capacity

100%

400 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Academy special converter
Age range
2–19
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Adrian Lynch
Address
Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2AN
Phone
01325254000
Local authority
Darlington
Ward / constituency
Haughton & Springfield · Darlington
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
138093

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals51%——
English as additional language4%——
SEN support1%——
74% boys (296)26% girls (103)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: THE EDUCATION VILLAGE ACADEMY TRUST

399 pupils · 400 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    09 May 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 333 pupils

Attendance

92.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

7.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

23.4%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

3.3%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

54%
20/21
30%
21/22
24%
22/23
25%
23/24
23%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard0%
-62% vs England
Higher standard0%
-8% vs England

Reading

Expected standard0%
-75% vs England
Higher standard0%
-33% vs England
Average score82
-24 vs England

Writing

Expected standard0%
-72% vs England
Greater depth0%
-13% vs England

Maths

Expected standard0%
-74% vs England
Higher standard0%
-26% vs England
Average score86
-19 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard0%
-73% vs England
Higher standard0%
-30% vs England

Science

Expected standard0%
-82% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

02019020230202402025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)0%61%
Higher standard0%8%

GCSE results over time

5.620193.720221.120235.720244.32025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 84.346
Grade 5+ English & maths0%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths0%65%
Entering EBacc0%40%
EBacc average point score0.164.1
Pupils in cohort25—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
-1.46
Other pupils
-1.16
Low prior attainers
-1.32
Girls
-1.55
Boys
-1.26

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
English Language110%0%9%
Mathematics60%0%33%
Physics40%0%0%
Art and Design30%0%0%
English Literature30%0%0%

Oxbridge

No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.