Hummersknott Academy

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–16Mixed

Edinburgh Drive, Darlington, DL3 8AR

Executive Principal · Mr Grant Sowerby

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,215Capacity 1,200

OfstedReport cardInspected 3 February 2026

TrustAdvance Learning Partnership

Free school meals24.6%

Report card from the inspection on 3 February 2026.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Darlington council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

199 of the 205 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered247

Applications421

First choice205

First-choice offers199

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).