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Wyvern Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Eggleston View, Darlington DL3 9SH · wyvernacademy.org · 01325 351377
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 37.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Darlington 44.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 464
- 52% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Free school meals
- 47.4%
- First language not English
- 8.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Consilium Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 50 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 101 | 95 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 99 | 96 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 95 | 74 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 92 | 82 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.7, and 24.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Darlington it was 44.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼37.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼24.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼46.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼9.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.26 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137122)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.7 | +1.8 |
| Sixth form college | 34.6 | +8.9 |
| Further education | 44.4 | −1.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.7 | −4.9 |
| Employment | 1.2 | −4.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.6 | 0 |
| Activity not captured | 3.7 | −0.1 |
Ofsted
Wyvern Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 20 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137122), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2015Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137122)
What parents said
63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 63%
- Replies
- 43
- 9% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (42%) with SEND