Grangetown Primary School, Middlesbrough

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Clubs and activities named on the school's website include swimming, art and film.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Grangetown Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 65% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 78% in Redcar and Cleveland and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 73% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 36 families put Grangetown Primary School as their first choice and 41 named it as one of their preferences, for 38 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Grangetown Primary School are St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 52% reading, 59% maths); Caedmon Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 74% reading, 79% maths); Whale Hill Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 93% reading, 94% maths); and South Bank Community Primary School (1 mile, Requires improvement, 54% reading, 35% maths).

Grangetown Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Grangetown Primary School is one of 4 schools run by Steel River Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

64.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 12% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%), Mixed (7%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 66 pupils (23.3%) received SEN support and 17 (6%) 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.

Grangetown Primary School has a resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties: 15 places, 15 pupils on roll.

Grangetown Primary School had 19 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is South Bank Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Youth and Community Centre (a), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Grangetown Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Grangetown Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Grangetown Primary School are Outwood Academy Normanby (0.8 miles) and St Peter's Catholic College (0.9 miles).