Captain Cook Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 415 pupils Marton
Ofsted: Good
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Captain Cook Primary School is an academy converter in Middlesbrough for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 415 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Captain Cook Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2016 of its predecessor, Captain Cook Primary School. In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: January 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Stokesley Road
Marton
North Yorkshire
TS7 8DU
Phone 01642315254
Reference Number 146222

General Makeup

Number of pupils 415
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.36%
Girls: 49.64%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 23 47
2 27 16 43
3 27 35 62
4 25 29 54
5 25 26 51
6 32 28 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 73.7%
Pakistani 6%
Indian 4.8%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
Asian, Other 3.1%
White & Asian 1.4%
African 1.2%
White, Other 1%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Captain Cook Primary School, inspected in November 2016.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 22 Nov 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
22 Nov 2022 School inspection
12 Sep 2018 Academy conversion letter
29 Nov 2016 Short inspection
Previously as Captain Cook Primary School
12 Dec 2011 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
06 Mar 2007 Full inspection:
25 Feb 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 75%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 16%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 108

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 4.2
Writing 2.5
Maths 6.5

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 28 7
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Captain Cook Primary School had 360 pupils for 420 places. 60 places (14.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “South Cluster Primary” planning area

Middlesbrough counted 265 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 285 in 2029–30, up 8%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420
Pupils 398384375381371360
Unfilled 5.2%8.6%10.7%9.3%11.7%14.3%

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 Captain Cook Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.0%1.9%5.3%3.6%3.2%2.5%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%0.6%1.4%1.8%1.9%1.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Captain Cook Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.70.01.30.70.90.20.2
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Captain Cook Primary School had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 16.017.312.912.413.514.111.711.8
Teachers who left state teaching 17.4%7.2%0.0%17.6%14.8%5.9%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 37.5%–38.9%94.4%44.4%47.6%45.0%–
Sick days per teacher 11.9–5.811.63.11.85.0–

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, 19.5% of pupils at Captain Cook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 46 5
No specialist assessment of need 16 0
Moderate learning difficulty 11 1
Speech, language and communication needs 4 2
Social, emotional and mental health 4 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 1
Physical disability 0 1

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 Captain Cook Primary School received £6,342 and spent £6,445 for each of its 406 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £131,000 (£324 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

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £60,000£11,000£107,000£146,000£130,000£137,000£131,000
per pupil £142£27£251£352£314£331£324
In-year balance £25,000-£59,000£106,000£91,000-£4,000-£15,000-£42,000
per pupil £60-£143£250£220-£9-£35-£103

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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Nunthorpe Primary Academy
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1.44 miles
St Gerard's RC Primary School
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1.48 miles
St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
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1.58 miles
Viewley Hill Academy
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1.6 miles
Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School
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Pennyman Primary Academy
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1.68 miles
Overfields Primary School
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1.68 miles
Name Distance
The King's Academy
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1.03 miles
River Tees Academy Grangetown
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1.4 miles
Trinity Catholic College
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1.44 miles
Discovery Special Academy
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1.49 miles
Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form
Guisborough Road, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, Teesside, TS7 0LA
1.5 miles
Lift Unity City
Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RE
1.69 miles
Beverley School
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1.77 miles
Hollis Academy
Saltersgill Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS4 3JS
1.77 miles
Outwood Academy Ormesby
Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS3 0RH
1.84 miles
Priory Woods School
Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH
1.89 miles
Outwood Academy Acklam
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1.99 miles
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2.5 miles
Acklam Grange School
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2.7 miles
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Outwood Alternative Provision Eston
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Outwood Academy Normanby
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2.97 miles
Progress Schools - Tees Valley
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3.04 miles
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3.16 miles
Fulcrum Education
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Captain Cook Primary School is part of Lingfield Education Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

What is Captain Cook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Captain Cook Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2016 of its predecessor, Captain Cook Primary School.

When was Captain Cook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Captain Cook Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Captain Cook Primary School have?

Captain Cook Primary School has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does Captain Cook Primary School cover?

Captain Cook Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Captain Cook Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Captain Cook Primary School?

Captain Cook Primary School is at Stokesley Road, Marton, North Yorkshire, TS7 8DU.

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