Hurworth School is a secondary academy in Darlington, United Kingdom with 621 pupils, part of Northern Arch Learning Partnership. Ofsted: Good, inspected 21 September 2022. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Mini Bus Driver (closes 13 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Rachel Somerville, Headteacher
Trust or group
Northern Arch Learning Partnership
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
621 pupils · 44% girls · 25.9% eligible for free school meals · 1.4% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
108 (17.4%) on SEN support · 45 (7.2%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Part time, temporarySite, facilities and transport
Help our students start and end their school day safely We require a flexible and approachable minibus driver to provide an efficient and professional transport service to our…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
42.4
36.1%
2024/25
49.1
52.4%
2023/24
53.8
56.9%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
21 September 2022
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
39.2
15.8
–
0
£56,888
2024/25
44.5
14.5
14%
0
£52,874
2023/24
44.3
15.0
14%
0
£52,648
2022/23
41.6
16.2
6%
2
£46,819
2021/22
41.5
16.1
17%
0
£46,130
2020/21
45.4
14.6
11%
0
£45,606
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
45.0
14.8
11%
0
£43,904
2018/19
46.4
14.8
11%
0
£43,138
2017/18
45.4
15.3
13%
0
£42,036
2016/17
49.3
13.8
15%
0
£40,085
2015/16
48.0
14.0
13%
0
£37,535
2014/15
45.6
15.0
23%
0
£39,576
2013/14
43.4
15.3
9%
0
£39,309
2012/13
46.2
14.1
19%
0
£40,847
2011/12
42.0
15.5
7%
0
£41,852
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
7.7%
3.1%
23.7%
3.3%
2024/25
8.1%
3.2%
24.1%
3.3%
2023/24
7.5%
2.0%
24.6%
2.2%
2022/23
6.8%
1.4%
19.9%
1.6%
2021/22
8.2%
1.0%
26.6%
2.2%
2020/21
3.7%
0.3%
8.0%
0.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.9%
1.1%
14.1%
2.2%
2017/18
5.4%
0.9%
14.3%
1.4%
2016/17
5.0%
0.8%
12.2%
0.4%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
10 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 4 teaching, 5 support, 1 leadership. Most often advertised: Teacher of Maths (2), Teaching Assistant Level 3 (2), Administrative Assistant/Receptionist. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.