Hummersknott Academy

Edinburgh Drive, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 8AR

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About this school

Hummersknott Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Darlington, County Durham. The school has 1,230 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 28 September 2021). Last inspected 3 February 2026. The Executive Principal is Grant Sowerby. The school is administered by Darlington local authority. It belongs to ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. It opened in 1 July 2011.

School details

Executive Principal

Grant Sowerby

Trust

ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Local authority

Darlington

Gender

Mixed

URN

136838

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Hummersknott Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Darlington). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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