Polam Hall School

Latest Ofsted evidence

Most recent inspection

5 October 2021

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Latest graded judgement

Good

Latest ungraded outcome

Not published

Safeguarding

Yes

Ofsted release 2026-03-31. Graded and ungraded outcomes are shown separately. They are published inspection records, not an admissions or suitability recommendation.

Primary attainment - KS2

Academic year 2024/25. Percentages are the published share meeting the stated standard.

Reading, writing and maths

59%

Darlington school average 64.07%
England school average 63.12%

Higher standard

6%

Darlington school average 7.68%
England school average 8.33%

Reading expected standard

69%

Darlington school average 73.82%
England school average 76.92%

Maths expected standard

80%

Darlington school average 76%
England school average 75.17%

DfE release 2024-25-revised. Local-authority and England figures are CheckNear arithmetic means across open schools with a published measure in this release, not pupil-weighted official national benchmarks. Suppressed measures remain unavailable.

Secondary performance - KS4

Academic year 2024/25. Measures are only comparable within the same performance framework.

Attainment 8

44.6

Darlington school average 44.19
England school average 46.94

Grade 5+ English and maths

37.8%

Darlington school average 43.86%
England school average 46.1%

EBacc average point score

4.03

Darlington school average 3.8
England school average 4.16

Progress 8

Not published

Darlington school average Not published
England school average Not published

DfE release 2024-25-final. Local-authority and England figures are CheckNear arithmetic means across open schools with a published measure in this release, not pupil-weighted official national benchmarks. Suppressed measures remain unavailable.