Haughton Academy
Secondary schoolHaughton Academy is a secondary school in Darlington, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 854 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 12 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Haughton Academy was 42.3, against 44.4 in Darlington and 46.2 in England.
47.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Darlington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.3 | 44.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.2% | 43.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63.4% | 64.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 142 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Springfield AcademyPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)10 m
- Beaumont Hill AcademySpecial. School remains Good, May 202410 m
- Whinfield Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2022. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- Red Hall Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 25% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Gurney Pease AcademyPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Darlington
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).