Embleton View, Hummersknott
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Embleton View excels at welcoming pupils who have experienced disrupted education or significant barriers to learning, helping them settle into a calm and predictable environment. The school combines strong academic teaching with specialist therapeutic support tailored to each child's individual needs. Staff build trusting relationships with pupils and prepare them thoroughly for life after school through real work experience and personalised career pathways.
Key Strengths
- Excellent attendance and behaviour support - pupils want to come to school and staff use effective strategies like sensory regulation to keep pupils settled and ready to learn
- Highly inclusive approach with personalised support - each pupil is well known and receives tailored therapeutic and specialist support alongside academic learning
- Strong focus on preparing pupils for adulthood - purposeful careers education, work experience placements, and bespoke programmes help pupils move to well-matched destinations
- Supportive leadership and positive staff culture - leaders are visible and approachable, staff feel valued, and there is a strong sense of community across all sites
- Warm, trusting relationships - pupils feel safe, know they have someone to talk to, and respond well to staff care and encouragement
Areas for Improvement
- Some gaps in essential knowledge for writing not always addressed in lessons - although recent handwriting interventions are showing positive impact
- In some subjects, key knowledge that pupils need to learn has not been explicitly identified in the curriculum
- Some pupils make progress in writing but foundational knowledge gaps need more systematic attention
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Duke of Edinburgh's Award, outdoor education, woodwork, construction, work experience placements, job of the week, guest speakers, college and workplace visits
Embleton View is a special school across 4 sites that provides highly inclusive support for pupils with a range of special educational needs and disabilities. The school creates a calm, caring environment where pupils with disrupted educational backgrounds re-engage successfully in learning.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
85%
Available places
34 pupils
40 capacity
6 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Hummersknott
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Hummersknott
Admissions Demand - Darlington
Places available
1,375
Applications
1,137
Got 1st preference
91.8%
Got preferred school
98.9%
Secondary admissions across Darlington (2025/26)
Inspection History(5)
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Embleton View
Mowden Junior School
Mowden Infant School
Marchbank Free School
Abbey Infants' School
Abbey Junior School
St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School
Mount Pleasant Primary School
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
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