Polam Hall School

General Info

Education Phase
Primary, Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 5 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Darlington
Unique reference
142174
Address
Grange Road, DL1 5PA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
816 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
46.1%
Girls
53.9%
First language not English
12.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.4%
Persistent absence
24.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77%
Other White 6.3%
Mixed 3.3%
Unclassified 3.2%
African 2.2%
Indian 2.1%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 1.2%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Chinese 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

Primary Results

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

ReadingAverage-1.1
WritingAverage-1
MathsAverage-0.4
Year 2022-2023

Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths

School 58%
Local authority average 57%
England average 61%

Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths

School 10%
Local authority average 8%
England average 8%

Average score in reading

School 105
Local authority average 104
England average 105

Average score in maths

School 104
Local authority average 104
England average 104
School: Year 2022-2023
Local authority average: Year 2023-2024
National average: Year 2023-2024

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE18
Business Studies:SingleGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE67
English LiteratureGCSE67
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE16
FrenchGCSE21
GeographyGCSE37
GermanGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Polam Hall School

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
45
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
46
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
43
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes26.3
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher25.4
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher29.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Reception, Full-time
40
16
24
Year 1
44
20
24
Year 2
43
16
27
Year 3
35
18
17
Year 4
48
25
23
Year 5
48
26
22
Year 6
48
24
24
Year 7
112
44
68
Year 8
113
61
52
Year 9
108
37
71
Year 10
91
51
40
Year 11
86
38
48
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
26.0%
33.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
13.0%
13.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
51.0%
39.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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