Headingley Crescent, Darlington, County Durham DL1 2ST
10 reasons to choose Red Hall Primary School
Top line
Red Hall Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Darlington and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Red Hall Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is a community school. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its graded judgements imply a Good rating for the school in its last (2025) inspection.
Average class size
Red Hall Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 27 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Red Hall Primary School achieves attainment results that are around the national average. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 39% of schools.
The Red Hall Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Red Hall Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Red Hall Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.45am to 3.15pm, and can extend to 4.15pm with after school clubs.
Find another school near Red Hall Primary School
Yarm Preparatory School (7 miles); Teesside High Prep School (7.1 miles); Red House Junior School (9.2 miles).
Federation of Abbey Schools (2.4 miles); St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, Long Newton (4.3 miles); Heighington Church of England Primary School (6 miles).
Yarm School (9.3 miles); Teesside High School (10.1 miles); Red House School (12.1 miles).
Polam Hall School (2.5 miles); Carmel College (3.4 miles); Hummersknott Academy (3.9 miles).