Springfield Academy, Darlington

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Springfield Academy

Salters Lane South, Darlington DL1 2AN

https://www.educationvillage.org.uk/

Springfield Academy is an academy. It has about 230 boys and girls aged between 3 and 11. In May 2022 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of The Education Village Academy Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Whinfield Primary School and Gurney Pease Academy.)

Particular strengths include Finances and Environment. Relative weaknesses include Attendance, Admissions and Attainment.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.4		Whinfield Primary School
0.6		St Bede's Catholic Primary School
0.6		Red Hall Primary School
0.6		Gurney Pease Academy
0.9		Northwood Primary School
0.9		Heathfield Primary School
1.2		Harrowgate Hill Primary School
1.3		Corporation Road Community Primary School
1.4		St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
1.6		Reid Street Primary School
1.6		The Rydal Academy
1.7		St John's Church of England Academy

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Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Environment: Above average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is very high.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is in balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress in maths is about average. Progress in reading is below average. Progress in writing is above average.

Progress: About average. Progress in maths is below average, in reading it is below average and in writing it is above average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attainment: Below average. Maths attainment is below average, reading is poor and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is quite high and the offer rate is very low.

Attendance: Poor. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very high.

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