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Overfields Primary School

Primary · Middlesbrough · TS7 9JF

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 February 2023

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At a glance

189 pupils · 80% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
54.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://overfields.ironstoneacademy.org.uk/
URN
146403

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 0.82 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 February 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
Redcar and Cleveland average65.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Greengate Lane AcademySheffield · 76 miles awayGood85%
Lydd Primary SchoolRomney Marsh · 264 miles awayGood56%
Dawley Church of England Primary AcademyTelford · 141 miles awayGood62%
New Bolsover Primary and Nursery SchoolChesterfield · 92 miles awayGood26%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyRuncorn · 104 miles awayGood50%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary AcademyWolverhampton · 139 miles awayGood43%
South Kirkby AcademyPontefract · 67 miles awayGood32%
Merton Bank Primary SchoolSt Helens · 98 miles awayRequires improvement28%
West Cornforth Primary SchoolFerryhill · 17 miles awayGood83%
Skegby Junior AcademySutton-in-Ashfield · 97 miles awayNo current grade59%
New Delaval Primary SchoolBlyth · 41 miles awayGood43%
Highwoods AcademyMexborough · 73 miles awayExpected standard67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
17 of 24 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Redcar and Cleveland 91%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Redcar and Cleveland 1%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Redcar and Cleveland 0%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Redcar and Cleveland 1%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Redcar and Cleveland 0%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Redcar and Cleveland 2%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Redcar and Cleveland 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Redcar and Cleveland 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Redcar and Cleveland 0%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.28 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Redcar and Cleveland: 2.29 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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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

Pupils per qualified teacher
14
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,745; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,090
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £201,000; in-year balance +£125,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work12.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier37.6%62.3%
Social housing49.8%17.1%
Privately rented12.4%20.5%
Detached houses6.7%22.9%
Flats20.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012148 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£130,000257 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£97,000–£185,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (40)£233,000
Semi-detached (129)£152,000
Terraced (86)£95,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an urban school averages 6.1

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

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