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St Gerard's RC Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Avalon Court, Hemlington, Middlesbrough TS8 9HU · stgerards.npcat.org.uk · 01642 591820
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Middlesbrough 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Middlesbrough Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 164
- 78% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30%
- First language not English
- 14%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Middlesbrough Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 8 families put the school first and 11 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Middlesbrough it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111706)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 1 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Gerard's RC Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 30 Apr 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 23
- 14% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied