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Darlington Borough Council schools

All 48 schools in the Darlington area, from the school census. 5 are maintained by Darlington Borough Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Darlington school holidays.

Follows Darlington Borough Council

5 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • Borough Road Nursery SchoolDarlington · Nursery · 2–5 · 109 pupils
  • George Dent Nursery SchoolDarlington · Nursery · 2–5 · 97 pupils
  • Harrowgate Hill Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 3–11 · 407 pupils
  • Red Hall Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 207 pupils
  • Rise Carr CollegeDarlington · 11–16 · 67 pupils

Sets its own term dates

43 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • Abbey Infants' SchoolDarlington · Primary · 4–7 · 264 pupils
  • Abbey Junior SchoolDarlington · Primary · 7–11 · 362 pupils
  • Beaumont Hill AcademyDarlington · 2–19 · 399 pupils
  • Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary SchoolBishopton · Primary · 3–11 · 90 pupils
  • Carmel CollegeDarlington · Secondary · 11–18 · 1367 pupils
  • Corporation Road Community Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 282 pupils
  • Darlington CollegeDarlington · 16 plus · 16–99
  • Embleton View · 5–18 · 34 pupils
  • Firthmoor Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 3–11 · 279 pupils
  • Gurney Pease AcademyDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 191 pupils
  • Haughton AcademyDarlington · Secondary · 11–16 · 854 pupils
  • Heathfield Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 3–11 · 439 pupils
  • Heighington Church of England Primary SchoolNewton Aycliffe · Primary · 3–11 · 248 pupils
  • High Coniscliffe CofE Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 4–11 · 96 pupils
  • Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 3–11 · 234 pupils
  • Hummersknott AcademyDarlington · Secondary · 11–16 · 1215 pupils
  • Hurworth House School Aspris Children's servicesDarlington · 5–19 · 70 pupils
  • Hurworth Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 5–11 · 218 pupils
  • Hurworth SchoolDarlington · Secondary · 11–16 · 621 pupils
  • Longfield AcademyDarlington · Secondary · 11–16 · 660 pupils
  • Marchbank Free SchoolDarlington · 5–11 · 63 pupils
  • Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 259 pupils
  • Mowden Infant SchoolDarlington · Primary · 5–7 · 169 pupils
  • Mowden Junior SchoolDarlington · Primary · 7–11 · 295 pupils
  • Northwood Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 429 pupils
  • Oakwood Learning CentreDarlington · 8–18 · 14 pupils
  • Pear Tree SchoolDarlington · 8–18 · 15 pupils
  • Polam Hall SchoolDarlington · All-through · 4–16 · 842 pupils
  • Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form CollegeDarlington · 16 plus · 16–19
  • Reid Street Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 4–11 · 364 pupils
  • Skerne Park AcademyDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 248 pupils
  • Springfield AcademyDarlington · Primary · 3–11 · 236 pupils
  • St Aidan's Church of England AcademyDarlington · Secondary · 11–16 · 587 pupils
  • St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 224 pupils
  • St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 3–11 · 322 pupils
  • St John's Church of England AcademyDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 249 pupils
  • St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 216 pupils
  • St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 3–11 · 342 pupils
  • St. George's Church of England Academy · Primary · 3–11 · 408 pupils
  • The Rydal AcademyDarlington · Primary · 2–11 · 584 pupils
  • West Park AcademyDarlington · Primary · 3–11 · 464 pupils
  • Whinfield Primary SchoolDarlington · Primary · 5–11 · 433 pupils
  • Wyvern AcademyDarlington · Secondary · 11–16 · 464 pupils

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School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Darlington Borough Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.