St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School

St Alphonsus’ Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a Good rating across most areas. The school’s environment promotes exceptional behaviour and attitudes, with pupils demonstrating kindness, respect, and a strong sense of community. Parents appreciate the support provided by the school, particularly in times of difficulty. The school's high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs, contribute to their success and readiness for future challenges. However, there are areas that need development, particularly in ensuring that the curriculum for early years is broken down into smaller, achievable steps for children. Additionally, some older pupils struggle with building on their prior knowledge, indicating a need for more effective checks on what they already know. Overall, the school has shown resilience through staffing changes and has maintained strong leadership and management.

Strengths

• Pupils show exemplary behaviour and a positive attitude towards learning.
• The teaching of reading is effective, enabling pupils to become fluent and confident readers.
• There are many opportunities for pupil leadership and engagement in community events.
• Pupils with special educational needs make good progress.
• The school fosters a strong Catholic ethos that encourages global citizenship.

Areas for Improvement

• Some older pupils do not build on prior knowledge effectively.
• The early years curriculum lacks clarity in smaller steps needed for 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 St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School 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 St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School had 23.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 15.9% of pupils at St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School received £6,917 and spent £6,611 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £149,000 (£654 per pupil).

Across all 38 schools of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, income was £7,521 and spending £7,443 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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St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School is part of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Corpus Christi RC Primary School Middlesbrough
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough
• St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Middlesbrough
• St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School Middlesbrough
• St Edward's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough
• St Peter's Catholic College Middlesbrough
• Sacred Heart Primary School Middlesbrough
• Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Middlesbrough
• Trinity Catholic College Middlesbrough
• St Thomas More RC Primary School Middlesbrough

What is St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School have?

St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School has 233 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School cover?

St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School?

St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School is at Cadogan Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS3 6PX.