Marchbank Free School
Darlington, DL3 9BL · Darlington local authority
Darlington’s School Grade B− better than 46% of towns in England
What stands out about Marchbank Free School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- 67% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, January 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Homes in its postcode sector (DL3 9) sold for a median £200,000; Darlington’s is £158,000
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 202555 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.
Girls and boys
No letter for Marchbank Free School
Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.
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 inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, January 2024.
Living near Marchbank Free School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in DL3 9, the school’s postcode sector
Darlington property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in DL3 9 sell for well over 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
15 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Darlington, DL3 9BL
Marchbank Free School: common questions
What is Marchbank Free School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (January 2024).
How much do houses cost near Marchbank Free School?
Homes in its postcode sector, DL3 9, sold for a median £200,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (377 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.
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