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Best primary schools in Middlesbrough

40 of 41 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Middlesbrough schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 39 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Lingfield Primary School Middlesbrough 89.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough 89.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Linthorpe Community Primary School Middlesbrough 88.0% Outstanding about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Lift Caldicotes Middlesbrough 85.0% Not judged about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Chandlers Ridge Academy Middlesbrough 82.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Beech Grove Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem 81.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Brambles Primary Academy Middlesbrough 80.0% Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Whinney Banks Primary School Middlesbrough 76.0% Not judged declining about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Captain Cook Primary School Marton hidden gem 75.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Newham Bridge Primary School Middlesbrough 75.0% Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Thorntree Academy Middlesbrough 74.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Archibald Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem 73.0% Good undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 The Avenue Primary School Middlesbrough 73.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Kader Academy Middlesbrough 72.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Marton Manor Primary School Middlesbrough 72.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Breckon Hill Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem 70.0% Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Green Lane Primary Academy Middlesbrough 70.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Newport Primary School Middlesbrough 68.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Easterside Academy Middlesbrough hidden gem 67.0% Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 St Clare's RC Primary School Middlesbrough 67.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Rose Wood Academy Middlesbrough 66.0% Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough 66.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Pennyman Primary Academy Middlesbrough 64.0% Good declining about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough 64.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Lift North Ormesby Middlesbrough 63.0% Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Abingdon Primary School Middlesbrough 62.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 St Edward's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough 61.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 St Gerard's RC Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem 60.0% Good undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 Pallister Park Primary School Middlesbrough 59.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
30 Hemlington Hall Academy Middlesbrough 57.0% Good oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough 57.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
32 Viewley Hill Academy Middlesbrough hidden gem 51.0% Good undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Sacred Heart Primary School Middlesbrough 49.0% Good oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
34 Ayresome Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem 46.0% Good undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
35 Park End Primary School Middlesbrough 44.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 Berwick Hills Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem 40.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
37 St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Middlesbrough hidden gem 40.0% Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Corpus Christi RC Primary School Middlesbrough 39.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 Sunnyside Academy Middlesbrough 37.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
40 St Thomas More RC Primary School Middlesbrough 33.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in Middlesbrough

1 further primary school with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Middlesbrough, not a fairer one.

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