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Captain Cook Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Stokesley Road, Marton TS7 8DU · captaincookprimary.co.uk · 01642 315254
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 415
- 83% of 498 places
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- First language not English
- 14.9%
- 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, 42 families put the school first and 49 places were offered; 98% 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 | 49 | 42 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 130337)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Captain Cook Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 22 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 130337), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 130337)
Mar 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 130337)
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 63
- 15% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied