SCHOOL PROFILE
Polam Hall School: data, trends and context
Polam Hall School is a all-through school in Darlington. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.
School identity
URN
142174
Phase
All-through
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Darlington
Region
North East
Trust
WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
DL1 5PA
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website
Pupil and community context
Pupils on roll
842
FSM eligible
31.2%
EAL / First language other than English
15.4%
SEND (total)
13.1%
SEN Support
10.7%
EHCP
2.4%
White British
74.9%
Attendance and absence (2024/25)
Attendance rate
92.0%
Overall absence
8.0%
Persistent absence
23.3%
Severe absence
2.9%
Current benchmarks
No current DfE attendance benchmark is published for this school’s phase and local authority, so no comparison is shown.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
Suspension rate
26.4%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.48%
Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)
Attainment 8
44.6
English & maths grade 5+
37.8%
English & maths grade 4+
63.3%
Historical trends
Historical trends
School trends over time
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Data sources and last updated
- Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
- Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
- Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
- For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
- Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.
Contextual comparison
See Polam Hall School against 25 similar schools
Polam Hall School is a all-through school in Darlington. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.