South Bank Community Primary School | Primary in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland | Ofsted & DfE

30%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

354

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

30%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

354

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

30%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

354

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 18/06/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityRedcar and Cleveland

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio15.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of South Bank Community Primary School · Primary · Redcar and Cleveland

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

30%

+9pp

68%45%21%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 30%

RWM higher standard

+3pp

3%2%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

54%

Reading higher standard

16%

Writing expected standard

54%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

35%

Maths higher standard

19%

Science expected standard

78%

SPAG expected standard

59%

SPAG higher standard

16%

Reading scaled score

101.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

354

Pupil : teacher ratio

15.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

26%

FSM eligible

61%

SEN

31%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

26%

Contact

Address

Poplar Grove, South Bank, Middlesbrough, TS6 6SY

Local authority

Redcar and Cleveland

Website

https://www.southbankprimary.org.uk/

Telephone

01642453451

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	30%	3%	54%	16%	54%	3%	35%	19%	78%	59%	101.0	99.0	102.0	—	—	—	31%	354
2023/24	21%	0%	32%	6%	38%	0%	35%	6%	79%	32%	97.0	97.0	99.0	—	—	—	30%	334
2022/23	30%	0%	57%	7%	46%	0%	48%	4%	83%	52%	100.0	100.0	100.0	-4.30	-5.60	-4.10	30%	291
2018/19	50%	3%	56%	12%	74%	6%	76%	15%	76%	47%	99.0	104.0	100.0	+1.20	+2.90	+3.50	36%	258
2017/18	68%	0%	68%	16%	79%	21%	79%	11%	68%	68%	101.0	103.0	104.0	+3.70	+7.30	+5.90	33%	227
2016/17	82%	0%	82%	21%	93%	11%	93%	21%	71%	86%	105.0	106.0	105.0	+5.70	+5.70	+5.90	42%	228

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	354	17.9	31%	26%	61%	7%	26%
2023/24	334	18.2	30%	28%	60%	9%	37%
2022/23	291	18.2	30%	19%	61%	9%	36%
2021/22	287	18.2	24%	17%	63%	8%	33%
2020/21	286	18.8	27%	16%	52%	—	—
2018/19	258	18.6	36%	17%	68%	6%	13%
2017/18	227	15.5	33%	14%	64%	6%	16%
2016/17	228	15.2	42%	10%	65%	5%	11%