Hemlington Hall Academy

Hemlington Hall Academy is an inclusive, welcoming school in the Lingfield Education Trust. Safeguarding standards are met. The strongest practice is in attendance and behaviour, early years, inclusion, and personal development and wellbeing: pupils behave very well, attendance has improved, disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND attend very well, and pupils with SEND are accurately identified and well supported, including in the resourced provision. The early years provision gives children a strong start, and pupils benefit from a wide range of enrichment and personal development opportunities. In achievement, curriculum and teaching, and leadership and governance, the school is meeting expected standards. Published Year 6 outcomes are broadly close to national averages, with an increasing proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard, and phonics and early reading are prioritised. However, pupils in key stage 2 do not always recall prior learning or key conceptual knowledge across the wider curriculum as well as leaders intend. Teaching is not consistently sharp in checking that pupils have secured new knowledge before independent work, and newly introduced handwriting and spelling approaches are not yet fully embedded. Leaders know the school well and governance and trust support are effective, but monitoring of curriculum implementation is not always close enough, leading to some inconsistency in handwriting and the wider curriculum. The next steps focus on deepening curriculum knowledge and quality, embedding new strategies, and strengthening quality assurance of teaching and learning.

Strengths

• Attendance has improved well over time, including for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Persistent absence has decreased and continues to fall.
• Pupils behave very well in lessons and during social times.
• Bullying is rare and not tolerated.
• The early years provision lays very secure foundations from the outset.
• Children in early years develop speech, vocabulary and early reading well.
• Inclusion is at the heart of the school, with swift and accurate identification of SEND.
• Pupils with SEND benefit from bespoke support and detailed plans reviewed with parents.
• The resourced provision supports pupils extremely well.
• Personal development is strong, with rich opportunities for educational visits, clubs and careers engagement.
• Leaders ensure pupils with SEND and other barriers have full access to clubs and enrichment.
• Phonics teaching is systematic and early reading is prioritised.
• Governance and trust support are effective and provide appropriate challenge and support.
• Staff feel known, supported and valued, and parents are overwhelmingly positive.

Areas for Improvement

• In key stage 2, pupils do not always recall prior learning or key conceptual knowledge across the wider curriculum as well as leaders intend.
• Teachers do not always check carefully enough that pupils have secured new knowledge before independent work.
• Newly implemented handwriting and spelling strategies are not yet fully embedded.
• Teachers do not always correct pupils' pencil grip or use of capital letters.
• Leaders do not always monitor staff's implementation of the curriculum closely enough.
• Monitoring gaps have led to inconsistency, particularly in handwriting and the wider curriculum.

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 Hemlington Hall Academy attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.9% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Hemlington Hall 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 Hemlington Hall Academy had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.4% 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, 17.6% of pupils at Hemlington Hall Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 32 pupils.

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 Hemlington Hall Academy received £10,261 and spent £9,329 for each of its 281 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £446,000 (£1,589 per pupil).

Across all 24 schools of Lingfield Education Trust, income was £6,737 and spending £6,759 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 Middlesbrough · Middlesbrough local authority: places and applications

Hemlington Hall Academy is part of Lingfield Education Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• Viewley Hill Academy Middlesbrough
• Marton Manor Primary School Middlesbrough
• Lingfield Primary School Middlesbrough
• Captain Cook Primary School Marton
• Ingleby Mill Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Mandale Mill Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Harewood Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• The Avenue Primary School Middlesbrough
• Preston Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Durham Lane Primary School Stockton-On-Tees

What is Hemlington Hall Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hemlington Hall Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Hemlington Hall Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hemlington Hall Academy was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Hemlington Hall Academy have?

Hemlington Hall Academy has 272 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hemlington Hall Academy cover?

Hemlington Hall Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hemlington Hall Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hemlington Hall Academy?

Hemlington Hall Academy is at Briscoe Way, Hemlington, Middlesbrough, TS8 9SJ.