Reid Street Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Darlington·DL3 6EX
Composite score
45.2
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National rank
#487
In North East
#21
In Darlington
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
83
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Reid Street Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
386
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
33.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,420
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Reid Street Primary School at a glance

Located in Darlington, Reid Street Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 386 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 11.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Reid Street Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. Reid Street Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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