Dormanstown Primary Academy, Redcar

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at Dormanstown Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 78% in Redcar and Cleveland and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (62% in reading, 65% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 34 families put Dormanstown Primary Academy as their first choice and 36 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Dormanstown Primary Academy are Newcomen Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 100% reading, 100% maths); Riverdale Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 57% reading, 61% maths); St Benedict's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths); and Coatham Church of England Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 94% reading, 84% maths).

Dormanstown Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Dormanstown Primary Academy is one of 5 schools run by Tees Valley Education, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

55.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 1.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 49 pupils (17.9%) received SEN support and 43 (15.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Dormanstown Primary Academy has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs, autism and moderate learning difficulties: 49 places, 49 pupils on roll.

Dormanstown Primary Academy had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is British Steel Redcar Rail Station, about 1080 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Green (a), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 105 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Redcar and Cleveland (174).

In 2024/25, Dormanstown Primary Academy issued 19 suspensions, 7.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Dormanstown Primary Academy are Outwood Academy Redcar (0.7 miles), Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary (1 mile) and Rye Hills Academy (1.7 miles).