Embleton View
Westgate House, Coniscliffe Road, DL3 8TF
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Gary Robinson
- Constituency
- Darlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 40
- Pupils on roll
- 34
- URN
- 145127
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01325288722
About this school
Embleton View is an independent special school in Darlington. It teaches children aged 5 to 18 and has 34 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Embleton View under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Embleton View has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in November 2017, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Embleton View has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | 24 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 34
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marchbank Free School1.0 miles
Free Schools · Darlington
-
Rise Carr College2.5 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Darlington
-
Clervaux Garden School2.8 miles
Special schools · North Yorkshire
-
Beaumont Hill Academy3.5 miles
Academies · Darlington
-
Hurworth House School Aspris Children's services4.0 miles
Special schools · Darlington
Common questions
- What ages does Embleton View teach?
- Embleton View teaches children aged 5 to 18. It is a special school in Darlington.
- Who is the headteacher of Embleton View?
- The headteacher of Embleton View is Mr Gary Robinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Embleton View been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Embleton View 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 many pupils are at Embleton View?
- Embleton View has 34 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 18.
- Is Embleton View full?
- Embleton View has capacity for 40 pupils and 34 on roll (85%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Embleton View a faith school?
- No. Embleton View has no designated religious character.
- What are Embleton View's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Embleton View'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 24 July 2026.