Harrowgate Hill Primary School

State-Funded School

harrowgate-hill-primary-school-darlington-north-east

North EastRegion

DarlingtonLocal Authority

DarlingtonConstituency

DL3 0HZPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Harrowgate Hill Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Darlington, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 407 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 17 Feb 2026 · published 29 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 44%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

407

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 407
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Oct 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
15 Jul 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.