Whinfield Primary School
Augusta Close, Darlington, DL1 3HT
This school is closed (it closed in April 2024).
It was replaced by Whinfield Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shirley Welsh
- Constituency
- Darlington
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 570
- Pupils on roll
- 475
- URN
- 134719
- Local authority
- Darlington
About this school
Whinfield Primary School was a community primary school in Darlington. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 475 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Whinfield Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2004, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 87 | 73 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Whinfield Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Darlington average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 56% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 503 |
| 2023/24 | 475 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whinfield Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.4% | 19.4% | 475 | — |
| Whinfield Primary School | 68% | 4.7% | 19.3% | 433 | 0.0 miles |
| Springfield Academy | 79% | 5.2% | 42.1% | 236 | 0.4 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | 64% | 4.2% | 15.4% | 322 | 0.7 miles |
| Red Hall Primary School | 25% | 8.8% | 60.7% | 207 | 0.7 miles |
| Gurney Pease Academy | 73% | 7.3% | 54.7% | 191 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.4%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 14.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whinfield Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Darlington
-
Springfield Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Darlington
-
St Bede's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Darlington
-
Red Hall Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Darlington
-
Gurney Pease Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Darlington
Other schools in Darlington
- Abbey Infants' School Primary
- Abbey Junior School Primary
- Corporation Road Community Primary School Primary
- Croft Church of England Primary School Primary
- Firthmoor Primary School Primary
- Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool Primary
- Gurney Pease Academy Primary
- Harrowgate Hill Primary School Primary
- Heathfield Primary School Primary
- High Coniscliffe CofE Primary School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Hurworth Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Whinfield Primary School teach?
- Whinfield Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Darlington.
- Has Whinfield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Whinfield Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Whinfield Primary School?
- Whinfield Primary School had 475 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Whinfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Whinfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whinfield Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2024.