Hummersknott Academy is a larger than average 11-16 Secondary school located within the West End of Darlington. The Academy is constantly oversubscribed and currently has 1243 children on role. The Academy prides itself in its delivery of a broad education where academic and personal and social education go hand in hand to support the development of the whole child. Key stage 4 is a genuine option-based curriculum where all GCSE subjects and technical subjects are on offer in addition to the academic core. EBACC entry and success rate is high and the Academy also has an emphasis on Modern Foreign Languages where all children are expected and supported to study French, Spanish or German to GCSE.

Care, guidance and welfare is also of paramount importance and as such the Academy has five colleges within it that are the children’s pastoral support network. Each college is supported by a non-teaching College Manager, a team of Form Mentors and an Assistant Principal. All there to provide challenge and expectations to all, promote community activities for all children to engage with and, of course deliver effective timely support when needed.