George Dent Nursery School
George Dent Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Darlington for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 97 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2024.
Elms Road, Elms Road, Darlington, DL3 7PY01325 380802darlingtonnurseryschools.org.ukHelen Dummett headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 5 March 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Outstanding overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Darlington council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (12), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (4), Other difficulty or disability (3), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 97 | 105 | 125 | 118 | 122 | 121 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 13% | 13% | 10% | 5% | 7% | 7% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 11% | 19% | 10% | 4% | 3% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 5% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College | Academy 16-19 converter | 380 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Reid Street Primary School | Academy | 460 m | 364 | Good 2022 | 36 | Compare |
| Corporation Road Community Primary School | Academy | 550 m | 282 | Good 2023 | 63 | Compare |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 830 m | 224 | Good 2024 | 77 | Compare |
| Abbey Junior School | Academy | 980 m | 362 | Good 2023 | 76 | Compare |
| Borough Road Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.6 miles | 109 | Good 2020 | – | Compare |
| Polam Hall School | Free school | 0.7 miles | 842 | Report card 2025 | 37 | Compare |
| Abbey Infants' School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 264 | Good 2022 | 66 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is George Dent Nursery School a good school?
George Dent Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in March 2024.
What is George Dent Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated George Dent Nursery School outstanding at its last full inspection on 5 March 2024.
How many pupils does George Dent Nursery School have?
97 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Elms Road, Elms Road, Darlington, DL3 7PY
- Telephone
- 01325 380802
- Website
- www.darlingtonnurseryschools.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Helen Dummett
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Ward
- Pierremont
- Constituency
- Darlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 113983 · LAESTAB 8411031
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.