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Borough Road Nursery School

NurseryAges 2–5Local authority nursery school

Darlington, DL1 1SG · Darlington local authority

Darlington’s School Grade B− better than 46% of towns in England

How full
109 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
0%
0 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Borough Road Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 0% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DL1 1) sold for a median £149,000; Darlington’s is £158,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

97 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
7.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.1%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

No letter for Borough Road Nursery School

Nursery schools sit no national tests, so there’s no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, February 2020. Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, February 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Borough Road Nursery School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DL1 1, the school’s postcode sector

Darlington property prices →
£149,000
median sale, 278 sales in 36 months · Darlington £158,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025DL1 1Darlington
DL1 1Darlington

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£220K
Semi-detached
£150K
Terraced
£130K
Flat
£68K
DL1 1Darlington

Homes in DL1 1 sell for a little under Darlington’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

24 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miND−DCC+A−A−B−C+B+B−C+CCDD−A−A−C+CDB+C−ABorough Road Nursery School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Darlington, DL1 1SG

Borough Road Nursery School: common questions

What is Borough Road Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (February 2025).

How much do houses cost near Borough Road Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DL1 1, sold for a median £149,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (278 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Darlington’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.