Borough Road Nursery School

State-Funded School

borough-road-nursery-school-darlington-north-east

North EastRegion

DarlingtonLocal Authority

DarlingtonConstituency

DL1 1SGPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Borough Road Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Darlington, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 109 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

109

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 109
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 18 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Mar 2020	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.