School Summary

Longfield Academy


Boys: 470
Girls: 406
Total Pupils: 876
Opened: 01-03-2018
Ofsted: Serious Weaknesses
: Angela Sweeten
Longfield Academy
Longfield Road
Darlington

DL3 0HT
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AdministrativeWard (name): Harrowgate Hill
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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GOR (name): North East
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HeadFirstName: Angela
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NumberOfBoys: 470
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NumberOfPupils: 876
NurseryProvision (name): No Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 2
OfficialSixthForm (name): Does not have a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 06-04-2022
OfstedRating (name): Serious Weaknesses
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 01-03-2018
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ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Darlington
PercentageFSM: 27.10
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
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SchoolCapacity: 900
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SchoolSponsors (name): Swift Academies
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SpecialClasses (code): 0
SpecialClasses (name): Not applicable
StatutoryHighAge: 16
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Longfield Road
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TrustSchoolFlag (code): 3
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts (code): 16929
Trusts (name): SWIFT ACADEMIES
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Mr rawle has not been a single help and i place the blame on him and the school for my results, as i continuously asked him and reported to him about my need to move science in being able to remotely pass, but no he just continued to preach about bloody flash cards to everyone each day instead of thinking about students. there are reasons which i will not discuss as it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s too long about why i needed to move science but he understood them all and still didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t do a single thing. the school need a good kick up the arse, and i thought it almost being shut down wasn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t a big enough warning\u00f0\u009f\u00a4\u00a5","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Unknown Unknown","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107182097535413447321\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJ5dVai2tM4c5NYXW4dMc255xdDEkjrfy1C3k2wdTKq=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-08-28T16:14:03Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJDQZPdK-bfkgRJCbuseEO-UE\/reviews\/ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURBajlEcUlBEAE","relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Watching something go down the drain is not a fun way to spend 4 years, but it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s how the last 4 years at Longfield went. 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