- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
42 first choices, 45 offers made
Ready for secondary school93%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 341
Primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
All 51 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland. Narrow them down, then shortlist up to four to compare.
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
32 first choices, 29 offers made
Ready for secondary school74%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 239
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS13 4PZ · Academy · Primary · Ages 2 to 11
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Catholic
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
17 first choices, 17 offers made
Ready for secondary school82%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 10Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 182
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
11 first choices, 12 offers made
Ready for secondary school85%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 138
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
59 first choices, 62 offers made
Ready for secondary school85%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 9Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 461
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
47 first choices, 49 offers made
Ready for secondary school81%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 410
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
24 first choices, 26 offers made
Ready for secondary school85%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 10Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 257
- Ofsted:Good in every area
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
35 first choices, 35 offers made
Ready for secondary school77%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 329
- Ofsted:Good
- Catholic
- Has a nursery
Results above the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
28 first choices, 28 offers made
Ready for secondary school69%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 180
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results above the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
15 first choices, 12 offers made
Ready for secondary school71%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 76
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
33 first choices, 33 offers made
Ready for secondary school67%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 9Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 351
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
24 first choices, 24 offers made
Ready for secondary school75%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 9Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 248
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
21 first choices, 21 offers made
Ready for secondary school68%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 11Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 155
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
17 first choices, 19 offers made
Ready for secondary school82%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 183
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
30 first choices, 30 offers made
Ready for secondary school74%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 9Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 201
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results close to the Redcar and Cleveland average.
61 first choices, 60 offers made
Ready for secondary school62%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 10Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 446
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results close to the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
25 first choices, 25 offers made
Ready for secondary school64%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 219
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
6 first choices, 6 offers made
Ready for secondary school73%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 10Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 91
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results close to the Redcar and Cleveland average.
63 first choices, 64 offers made
Ready for secondary school66%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 12Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 503
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results well below the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
50 first choices, 54 offers made
Ready for secondary school54%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 392
- Ofsted:Expected standard in every area
- Has a nursery
Results close to the Redcar and Cleveland average.
60 first choices, 61 offers made
Ready for secondary school62%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 11Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 462
- Ofsted:Good
- Catholic
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
45 first choices, 45 offers made
Ready for secondary school76%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 11Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 387
Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Guisborough, TS14 8DN · Academy · Primary · Ages 3 to 11
- Ofsted:Good
- Catholic
- Has a nursery
Results well below the Redcar and Cleveland average, low absence.
18 first choices, 24 offers made
Ready for secondary school43%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 175
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Redcar and Cleveland average.
36 first choices, 40 offers made
Ready for secondary school76%
Redcar and Cleveland 64%England 62%
- Days missed a year
- About 11Redcar and Cleveland about 11
- Pupils
- 314
- Primary schools51including 6 special
- Ready for secondary school64.0%
- Good or Outstanding94%of graded schools · England 94.8%
- Faith schools9 of 517 Catholic, 2 Church of England
- With a nursery class46take children from 2 or 3
- Free school meals31.8%of pupils get them
The big picture
How Redcar and Cleveland's primary schools spread out
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Met the expected standard at 11
Share of Year 6 pupils reaching the expected level in reading, writing and maths.
Days missed
Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.
Ofsted grades in Redcar and Cleveland
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 18 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.
- Outstanding: 3 of 33
- Good: 28 of 33
- Requires improvement: 2 of 33
- Inadequate: 0 of 33
Before you apply
Four things worth knowing in Redcar and Cleveland
Some are faith schools.
9 of the 51 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterA nursery place isn't a Reception place.
46 schools take children from age 2 or 3. You still need to apply for Reception, even if your child is already in the school's nursery.
Show schools with a nurseryApply by 15 January.
Apply to your council for a Reception place starting in September. Offers come out on 16 April.
Check how old the Ofsted grade is.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
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About these schools
Primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland, explained
There are 51 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland, teaching 12,105 children. 6 are run by the council and 41 are academies or free schools. Among them are 6 special and 3 independent schools.
94% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 3 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
64.0% of pupils in Redcar and Cleveland met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at 11, against 62% across England. The gap between schools is wide, from 0% to 93%, which is why it's worth looking school by school.
31.8% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £8,041 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 14.5% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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Questions
Questions parents ask
How many primary schools are in Redcar and Cleveland?
There are 51 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What are the best primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland?
The highest-ranked primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland on Eduscope are Newcomen Primary School, Nunthorpe Primary Academy and Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy. We rank each state school against schools of the same phase across England on its Ofsted inspection, results and attendance.
How many Ofsted Outstanding primary schools are in Redcar and Cleveland?
Redcar and Cleveland has 3 primary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted. A further 28 are rated Good, meaning 94% of inspected schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating.
How are primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland ranked on Eduscope?
Each state school gets a rank score out of 100. We place each measure as a percentile among state schools of the same phase across England, then weight them. Primary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 30%, pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 30%, pupils reaching the higher standard 10%, persistent absence (lower is better) 20%, average reading and maths scores 10%. Secondary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 25%, Attainment 8 25%, grade 5 or above in English and maths 15%, persistent absence (lower is better) 15%, pupils staying in education or work after GCSEs 10%, A level average points (sixth forms only) 10%. Results are averaged over up to three years, and an Ofsted grade older than five years counts for less. A school needs data for at least 60% of the weights. Special schools, pupil referral units, nurseries, independent schools and 16 to 19 schools aren't ranked, and are listed by Ofsted grade and name. Our methodology page explains more.
How do primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland perform at Key Stage 2?
Across primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland, 64% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths at Key Stage 2. This figure is based on the latest published results from the Department for Education.
What is the average class size in Redcar and Cleveland primary schools?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland is 19:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.
How do I choose a primary school in Redcar and Cleveland?
When choosing a primary school in Redcar and Cleveland, consider Ofsted ratings, Key Stage 2 results, distance from home, school size, and whether the school offers wrap-around care. You can compare all 51 primary schools on Eduscope using filters for school type, gender, religious character, and more.
Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.