About Branksome School

In General

Branksome School is in west of the Darlington overlooking open fields and hills. The school is an 11-16 comprehensive opened in 1963 and has 800 pupils and 82 teaching / support / admin staff.

Within the school are specialist rooms for Technology, Science, ICT, Drama, Art / Ceramics, Music, and learning resources and a health and fitness room. School also has specialist bases for education support and learning support. The school is bidding for the school sports status.

Classes are very well equipped. There are PCs in every classroom, and multi-media projectors will be fully installed by April.
There is lots of involvement with local primary schools, and also great rapport with the local technological college.

Fantastic Facilities

• Swimming Pool
• Gym
• 2 x Tennis Courts
• 3 x Football Courts
• Cricket pitches
• Track
• School playgrounds are 33 acres and the biggest in Darlington
• Outdoor basketball courts
  

They are getting a MUGA installed and built - Multi Use Games Area. This is a floodlit, secure place with 6 different gaming areas. It will be one out of two in the Darlington area.

School holds:

• Arts Council award
• School has Sportsmark.
• Technology Colleges Trust award for excellence and diversity
• Part of excellence in cities so receives extra funding
• Healthy Schools award
• School achievement award 2001, 2002, and 2003