Harrow Gate Academy

Harrow Gate Academy demonstrates overall good performance across various domains, with notable strengths in personal development, where the school excels in fostering a positive and inclusive environment. The curriculum is well-structured and ambitious, ensuring that students receive a sound education supported by dedicated staff. Despite this, there remains a concern regarding the inconsistent progress of pupils in reading, writing, and mathematics, highlighting an area for further development. The school's effective support for students with special educational needs further enhances their overall provision.

Strengths

• Strong relationships foster a caring and inclusive environment.
• High expectations for behaviour and academic achievement.
• Comprehensive staff training ensures consistent curriculum delivery.
• Strong focus on personal development with rich opportunities for students.
• Effective support in place for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent progress in reading, writing, and mathematics.

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 Harrow Gate Academy attended 94.2% 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, 3.6% of pupils at Harrow Gate Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Harrow Gate Academy had 25.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.8% 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, 27.1% of pupils at Harrow Gate Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.2% 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 Harrow Gate Academy received £7,877 and spent £7,982 for each of its 407 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £247,000 (£606 per pupil).

Across all 32 schools of The Enquire Learning Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,034 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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All schools in Stockton-On-Tees · Stockton-on-Tees local authority: places and applications

Harrow Gate Academy is part of The Enquire Learning Trust, which runs 32 schools. The nearest others:

• Hardwick Green Primary Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Oakdene Primary Academy Billingham
• High Clarence Academy Middlesbrough
• Yarm Primary School Yarm
• Easterside Academy Middlesbrough
• Rose Wood Academy Middlesbrough
• Stokesley Primary Academy Middlesbrough
• Roseberry Academy Middlesbrough
• Stakesby Primary Academy Whitby
• East Whitby Primary Academy Whitby

What is Harrow Gate Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harrow Gate Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Harrow Gate Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Harrow Gate Academy was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Harrow Gate Academy have?

Harrow Gate Academy has 432 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harrow Gate Academy cover?

Harrow Gate Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Harrow Gate Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harrow Gate Academy?

Harrow Gate Academy is at Piper Knowle Road, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS19 8DE.