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Archibald Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Ayresome Green Lane, Middlesbrough TS5 4DY · archibaldpri.org.uk · 01642 804101
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 479
- 59 over 420 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 62.9%
- First language not English
- 37%
- 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, 39 families put the school first and 51 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 51 | 39 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 48 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 58 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.51 mi0.83 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111625)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Archibald Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111625), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111625)
Oct 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111625)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 14
- 3% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 14% who had a child bullied