Hummersknott Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Darlington
Unique reference
136838
Address
Edinburgh Drive, DL3 8AR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1265 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
3.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.4%
Persistent absence
22.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.2%
Mixed 3.7%
Other White 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Indian 1.4%
Other 1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other Asian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.5
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.58
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award28
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE69
Business Studies:SingleGCSE66
ChemistryGCSE68
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE85
English LanguageGCSE239
English LiteratureGCSE233
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hummersknott Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
233
2nd preference
165
3rd preference
79
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
227
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
259
111
148
Year 8
254
123
131
Year 9
254
134
120
Year 10
244
112
132
Year 11
254
135
119
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
85.4%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
33.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
13.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
60.0%
39.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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