Green Lane Primary Academy

Green Lane Primary Academy is a large, inclusive primary school within The Legacy Learning Trust. Inspectors found it performing strongly in most areas: safeguarding is met, and attendance and behaviour, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing are all at the strong standard. The school has a calm, caring culture, pupils behave very well, and pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils are fully included and supported effectively. Reading and phonics teaching is highly effective, and disadvantaged pupils achieve particularly well by the end of Year 6. Achievement, curriculum and teaching, and early years are graded at the expected standard rather than strong. Pupils generally achieve in line with national averages, and outcomes are sometimes above, but recent curriculum improvements are not yet fully embedded, leading to small inconsistencies in teaching and limiting how many pupils achieve highly. Published attendance data for 2024/25 also shows overall and persistent absence above national averages, although leaders' work has improved attendance overall and support for SEND and disadvantaged pupils is above national averages. Leaders' next steps are to embed recent curriculum changes so teaching is consistently highly effective across all subjects and more pupils achieve highly, and to ensure attendance strategies sustain the highest possible rates over time. The school benefits from effective governance and trust support, and staff report positive workload and wellbeing support. The SEN unit supports pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, and the school uses two alternative provisions and has extended early years provision to include two-year-olds.

Strengths

• Safeguarding culture is open and all legal requirements are met.
• Pupils behave very well in and out of lessons, and bullying is not tolerated.
• Attendance is closely monitored and support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils is above national averages.
• Pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils are fully included in all aspects of school life.
• The specially resourced SEN provision helps pupils with SEMH to thrive and make notable progress.
• Leaders have a clear vision and use additional funding wisely to support pupils.
• Governors and trustees carry out their statutory duties effectively.
• Staff value trust support and feel positive about workload and wellbeing.
• Personal development prepares pupils well for life, with rich clubs, trips and community opportunities.
• Reading and phonics teaching is highly effective.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve particularly well by the end of Year 6.
• Children in early years settle quickly and leave Reception well prepared for Year 1.
• Pastoral support is highly effective and removes barriers to wellbeing.
• Pupils are courteous, respectful and develop strategies to manage their emotions.

Areas for Improvement

• Recent curriculum changes are not fully embedded, leading to small inconsistencies in teaching.
• Teaching is not yet consistently highly effective in all subjects, which limits how many pupils achieve highly.
• Overall absence and persistent absence were above national averages in 2024/25.
• Attendance strategies need to sustain the highest possible rates over time.
• Consistency of staff interactions in early years is still being strengthened to deepen children's learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Green Lane Primary Academy attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.2% of pupils at Green Lane Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Green Lane Primary Academy had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.1% of pupils at Green Lane Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Green Lane Primary Academy received £6,722 and spent £6,660 for each of its 649 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £682,000 (£1,051 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of The Legacy Learning Trust, income was £7,299 and spending £7,196 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Green Lane Primary Academy is part of The Legacy Learning Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Linthorpe Community Primary School Middlesbrough
• Newham Bridge Primary School Middlesbrough
• Beverley School Middlesbrough
• Acklam Grange School Middlesbrough
• Acklam Whin Primary School Middlesbrough
• Abingdon Primary School Middlesbrough
• Breckon Hill Primary School Middlesbrough

What is Green Lane Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Green Lane Primary Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Green Lane Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Green Lane Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Green Lane Primary Academy have?

Green Lane Primary Academy has 663 pupils on roll.

What age range does Green Lane Primary Academy cover?

Green Lane Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Green Lane Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Green Lane Primary Academy?

Green Lane Primary Academy is at Green Lane, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7RU.