SCHOOL PROFILE

Wyvern Academy: data, trends and context

Wyvern Academy is a secondary 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
143845
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Darlington
Region
North East
Trust
CONSILIUM ACADEMIES
Postcode
DL3 9SH
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
464
FSM eligible
47.4%
EAL / First language other than English
8.6%
SEND (total)
24.4%
SEN Support
21.8%
EHCP
2.6%
White British
85.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.6%
Overall absence
9.4%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Severe absence
3.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DarlingtonLocal authority91.2%8.8%3.7%
North EastRegion90.7%9.3%4.3%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
44.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
16.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
1.4%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
37.7
English & maths grade 5+
24.2%
English & maths grade 4+
46.3%

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 Wyvern Academy against 25 similar schools

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Wyvern Academy is a secondary 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.