Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 19 October 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry70 applications · 62 places offered · 59 named it first
- 2026 1.1; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3
- 2025 1.1; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3
- 2024 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3
- 2023 1.1; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3
- 2022 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3
- 2020 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3
- 2019 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Redcar and Cleveland median
Dashed bars: as Whale Hill Primary School (URN 111635), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 62 | 70 | 1.1 | 59 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 58 | 63 | 1.1 | 57 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 54 | 75 | 1.4 | 53 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 64 | 1.1 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 75 | 1.3 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 79 | 97 | 1.2 | 79 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 58 | 76 | 1.3 | 55 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 * | 52 | 68 | 1.3 | 50 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 66 | 103 | 1.6 | 62 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 * | 66 | 89 | 1.4 | 64 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 67 | 97 | 1.5 | 65 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 74 | 114 | 1.5 | 71 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 78 | 114 | 1.5 | 82 | 1.05 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 87% · Maths 94% → all three 85% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Redcar and Cleveland median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 85% | 17% | 110 | 113 |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 6% | 106 | 109 |
| 2022/23 | 76% | 11% | 106 | 109 |
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
- Whale Hill Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.1applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20241.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Redcar and ClevelandOutstanding20230.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Redcar and Cleveland20261.2applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20241.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20231.1applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Redcar and ClevelandRemains Good20221.2applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Redcar and ClevelandRemains Good20221.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Redcar and ClevelandGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- 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
- 147393 · 807/2336
- Trust
- Steel River Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 530 pupils · 461 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2019
- Replaced
- Whale Hill Primary School (URN 111635)
- Address
- Sandsend Road, Eston, Whale Hill Primary School, Middlesbrough, TS6 8AD
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources