Handale Primary School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

Redcar and ClevelandLocal Authority

Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandConstituency

TS13 4RLPostcode

7.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Handale Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Redcar and Cleveland, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 183 pupils. Handale Primary School is part of LINGFIELD EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 76%
Higher standard: 14%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

99%

Black

<1%

Mixed

<1%

Pupils

183

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 183
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: LINGFIELD EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 29 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Mar 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.