Pennyman Primary Academy, Middlesbrough

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils at Pennyman Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Middlesbrough and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 69% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Pennyman Primary Academy as their first choice and 52 named it as one of their preferences, for 32 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 Pennyman Primary Academy are Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 93% reading, 86% maths); Overfields Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 67% reading, 67% maths); Ormesby Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 56% maths); and Thorntree Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 82% reading, 76% maths).

Pennyman Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Pennyman 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.

66.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (88%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 36 pupils (8.8%) received SEN support and 60 (14.7%) 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 a physical disability.

Pennyman Primary Academy has a resourced provision (55 places, 51 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (55 places, 51 pupils on roll) for other difficulties or disabilities and physical disability.

Pennyman Primary Academy had 25 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 Marton Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Vaughan Shopping Centre (a), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Pennyman Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Pennyman Primary Academy issued 32 suspensions, 8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Pennyman Primary Academy are Outwood Academy Ormesby (0.2 miles), Lift Unity City (0.8 miles), Outwood Academy Normanby (1.2 miles) and St Peter's Catholic College (1.5 miles).