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Crooksbarn Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Petrel Crescent, Crooksbarn Estate, Stockton-on-tees TS20 1SN · crooksbarn.adastraschools.org · 01642 531750
On the mapSearch near TS20 1SN
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stockton-on-Tees 65%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 307
- 39 over 268 places · 115%
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 5.1%
- First language not English
- 1.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 51 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 88% 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 | 45 | 51 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 39 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% the higher standard. Across Stockton-on-Tees it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111616)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Crooksbarn Primary School on 11 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111616), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111616)
Mar 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111616)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (119 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 119
- 40% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (19%) with SEND