Polam Hall School
All-through schoolPolam Hall School is a all-through school in Darlington, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 842 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 25 November 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- 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 2024/25, 59% of pupils at Polam Hall School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Darlington and 62% in England.
6% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Polam Hall School was 45.9, against 44.4 in Darlington and 46.2 in England.
40.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Darlington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Darlington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.9 | 44.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40.4% | 43.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69.2% | 64.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 104 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- 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- St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file820 m
- Skerne Park AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Abbey Infants' SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 20221 km
- George Dent Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, March 20241.1 km
- Borough Road Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, February 20251.1 km
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).