West Park Academy

About West Park Academy

West Park Academy, a state primary in Darlington, was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, a grade it has held consistently across its two most recent inspections. The school’s strongest academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, where 78% of pupils met the benchmark in 2023/24. That figure places the school well above the Darlington local authority average of 59%, and ranks it second out of 26 primary schools in the area. In fact, West Park sits in the top 25% nationally for this measure, with a ranking score of 78. Digging into the detail, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard in both reading and maths individually, and 82% did so in writing. At the higher standard, 42% of pupils achieved in reading, 27% in maths and 17% in writing, with 12% hitting the higher bar across all three subjects. Average scaled scores of 108 in reading and 107 in maths further underline solid academic performance.

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