Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Middlesbrough · TS9 7JL
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 23 May 2023
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8 pupils · 19% of 42 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 55.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- bilsdalecarltonschools.co.uk
- URN
- 121480
In figures
We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 23 May 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
3 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 100% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Yorkshire: 2.43 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
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Inspection history since 2015
- 23 May 2023: School remains Good
- 18 October 2017: Good
- 21 April 2016: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 22 September 2015: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 46.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 44.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 6.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 75.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 17% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 59.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 39.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 4.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027627 · how to read area figures
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 2a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
- Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Ingleby Greenhow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Stokesley School
- Stokesley Primary Academy
- Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton
- Roseberry Academy