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Best primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland

43 of 44 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Redcar and Cleveland 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 44 of them.

36 of 44 rated Good or Outstanding
3 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 67.0% (best 93.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Newcomen Primary School Redcar	93.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
2	Badger Hill Academy Saltburn-by-the-Sea hidden gem	85.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
3	Bankfields Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem	85.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
4	Whale Hill Primary School Middlesbrough	85.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
5	Handale Primary School SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA hidden gem	82.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
6	Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Saltburn-by-the-Sea	82.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
7	Wheatlands Primary School Redcar	81.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
8	Westgarth Primary School Redcar	77.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
9	St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Redcar	76.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
10	Teesville Academy Middlesbrough hidden gem	76.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
11	Green Gates Primary School Redcar	75.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
12	Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough	75.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
13	Coatham Church of England Primary School Redcar	74.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
14	Nunthorpe Primary Academy Middlesbrough	74.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
15	Zetland Primary School Redcar hidden gem	74.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
16	Whitecliffe Academy Saltburn-By-The-Sea	73.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
17	Lingdale Primary School Saltburn-by-the-Sea	71.0%	Requires improvement	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
18	Wilton Primary Academy Redcar	71.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
19	John Emmerson Batty Primary School Redcar hidden gem	70.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
20	St Bede's Catholic Primary School Redcar	69.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
21	Lockwood Primary School Saltburn-by-the-Sea	68.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
22	Saltburn Primary School Saltburn-by-the-Sea	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
23	Highcliffe Primary School Guisborough	66.0%	Not judged	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
24	Normanby Primary School Middlesbrough	66.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
25	Caedmon Primary School Middlesbrough	64.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
26	Errington Primary School Redcar	64.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
27	New Marske Primary School Redcar	64.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
28	Ings Farm Primary School Redcar	62.0%	Good	about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
29	Skelton Primary School Saltburn-by-the-Sea	62.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
30	St Peter's Church of England Primary School Saltburn-by-the-Sea	62.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
31	Grangetown Primary School Middlesbrough	58.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
32	Lakes Primary School Redcar	56.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
33	Belmont Primary School Guisborough hidden gem	54.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
34	Galley Hill Primary School Guisborough	54.0%	Good	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
35	Overfields Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem	54.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
36	Hummersea Primary School Saltburn-by-the-Sea	50.0%	Not judged improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
37	Ormesby Primary School Middlesbrough	49.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
38	Dormanstown Primary Academy Redcar	48.0%	Good	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
39	St Mary's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough hidden gem	44.0%	Outstanding	undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
40	Riverdale Primary School Redcar	43.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
41	Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Guisborough hidden gem	43.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
42	St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School Middlesbrough	41.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
43	South Bank Community Primary School Middlesbrough	30.0%	Requires improvement declining	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped

Also in Redcar and Cleveland

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 Redcar and Cleveland, not a fairer one.

Chaloner Primary School Ofsted: Not judged

Applying in Redcar and Cleveland

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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