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South Bank Community Primary School

Primary · Middlesbrough · TS6 6SY

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 June 2024

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At a glance

346 pupils · 100% of 315 capacity

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
57.1% of pupils
English as additional language
25.7% of pupils
SEN support
15.2% of pupils
EHC plan
15.5% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.southbankprimary.org.uk/
URN
134705

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 42 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

37 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
30%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
38.3%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£10,435
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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