St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 342 pupils Darlington
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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Darlington for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 342 pupils on roll. In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Attendance is a concern: pupils missed 11.3% of sessions in 2024/25 (the national figure for primary schools is 5.2%), and 32% of pupils were persistently absent.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Harris Street
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 4NL
Phone 01325380754
Reference Number 146256

General Makeup

Number of pupils 342
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.08%
Girls: 52.92%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 23.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 26 44
2 26 18 44
3 26 16 42
4 18 25 43
5 14 29 43
6 22 20 42

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 33.9%
White, Other 19.3%
African 5%
White & Asian 2%
Indian 1.8%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Caribbean 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 20 Feb 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
20 Feb 2024 School inspection
07 Sep 2019 Academy conversion letter
19 Jan 2016 Short inspection
Previously as St Teresa's RC Primary School
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
20 Jan 2011 Full inspection:
24 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
07 Feb 2005 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 85%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 108

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2
Writing 1.9
Maths 4.9

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 24 3
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School had 296 pupils for 315 places. 19 places (6.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Darlington Primary” planning area

Darlington counted 1,130 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,127 in 2029–30, down 0%.

20212022202320242025
Places 315315315315315
Pupils 308310297306296
Unfilled 2.2%1.6%5.7%2.9%6.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School attended 88.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 32.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 5.5%8.4%8.9%9.3%9.5%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%1.4%1.4%1.6%1.8%
Severely absent pupils 1.5%1.8%3.0%3.3%4.1%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.30.00.00.60.61.1
Permanent exclusions 000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School had 24.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.713.315.314.614.313.812.4
Teachers who left state teaching 7.1%6.7%22.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –62.5%64.7%25.0%40.0%57.1%–
Sick days per teacher –6.64.18.11.55.4–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.4% of pupils at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 26 2
No specialist assessment of need 10 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 3
Physical disability 0 2
Hearing impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Severe learning difficulty 0 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School received £6,759 and spent £6,662 for each of its 332 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £240,000 (£723 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust, income was £7,699 and spending £7,759 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £329,000£321,000£288,000£261,000£180,000£240,000
per pupil £964£927£837£784£521£723
In-year balance £102,000£3,000£28,000-£35,000-£98,000£32,000
per pupil £298£8£81-£104-£283£97

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
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0.32 miles
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0.34 miles
Heathfield Primary School
The Broadway, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 1EJ
0.47 miles
The Rydal Academy
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0.53 miles
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0.96 miles
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1.12 miles
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1.14 miles
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1.21 miles
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Springfield Academy
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1.47 miles
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1.6 miles
Northwood Primary School
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1.62 miles
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1.79 miles
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1.79 miles
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1.92 miles
Abbey Infants' School
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1.99 miles
Abbey Junior School
Abbey Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 8NN
2.02 miles
Harrowgate Hill Primary School
Thompson Street West, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 0HZ
2.09 miles
Hurworth Primary School
Westfield Drive, Hurworth, Darlington, County Durham, DL2 2ET
2.22 miles
Name Distance
St Aidan's Church of England Academy
Hundens Lane, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 1LL
0.5 miles
Darlington College
Central Park, Haughton Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 1DR
0.96 miles
Polam Hall School
Grange Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5PA
1.39 miles
Haughton Academy
Salters Lane South, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 2AN
1.47 miles
Beaumont Hill Academy
Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2AN
1.47 miles
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
Vane Terrace, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7AU
1.62 miles
Longfield Academy
Longfield Road, Darlington, DL3 0HT
2.28 miles
Hurworth House School Aspris Children's services
Westfield Drive, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington, County Durham, DL2 2AD
2.3 miles
Carmel College
The Headlands, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 8RW
2.42 miles
Hurworth School
Croft Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington, County Durham, DL2 2JG
2.52 miles
Hummersknott Academy
Edinburgh Drive, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 8AR
2.73 miles
Clervaux Garden School
Clow Beck Eco Centre, Croft On Tees, Croft On Tees, North Yorkshire, DL2 2TF
3.02 miles
Wyvern Academy
Eggleston View, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 9SH
3.09 miles
Embleton View
Westgate House, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 8TF
3.24 miles

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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is part of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust, which runs 35 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Teresa's Catholic Primary School have?

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School has 342 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Teresa's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Teresa's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Teresa's Catholic Primary School?

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is at Harris Street, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 4NL.

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