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Mount Pleasant Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Newton Lane, Darlington DL3 9HE · mountpleasantschool.com · 01325 244950
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Darlington 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 259
- 99% of 262 places
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 56.1%
- First language not English
- 10%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 31 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% the higher standard. Across Darlington it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114166)
Ofsted
Mount Pleasant Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 16
- 6% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied