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The Links Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 159Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 143077URN

Carnoustie Drive, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 9ES · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.4 above Stockton-on-Tees median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

42 applications for 20 places · 12th of 53 in Stockton-on-Tees
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
80%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Stockton-on-Tees median (1.7) close to England median (2.2)

42 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.7
  2. 2025 2.1; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.5
  4. 2023 2.1; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.7; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.9; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.7; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  9. 2018 2.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.3; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  11. 2016 2.3; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.5; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Stockton-on-Tees median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Stockton-on-Tees median

Dashed bars: as The Links Primary School (URN 111564), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202620422.1201.00
Sep 202516332.1150.94
Sep 202417311.8150.88
Sep 202316342.1150.94
Sep 202220341.7201.00
Sep 202121371.8211.00
Sep 202021391.9211.00
Sep 201925421.7251.00
Sep 201819492.6180.95
Sep 201728642.3281.00
Sep 2016 *22502.3210.95
Sep 2015 *29732.5291.00
Sep 2014 *27521.9260.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 88% · Maths 84% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard80%8th of 53 in Stockton-on-Tees
Reading
Expected standard84%
Higher standard48%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard88%
Greater depth24%
Maths
Expected standard84%
Higher standard44%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Stockton-on-Tees median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2580%20%108109
2023/2483%7%106106
2022/2385%8%106107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
143077 · 808/2084
Trust
Spark Education Trust
Capacity
206 pupils · 159 on roll
Free school meals
16.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 August 2016
Replaced
The Links Primary School (URN 111564)
Address
Carnoustie Drive, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 9ES
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources