St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School, Middlesbrough

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the pupils, staff and governors I would like to warmly welcome you to St Margaret Clitherow’s Catholic Primary School. Saint Margaret Clitherow’s School is a family. We are a very large, happy, diverse and united family - we are strong because of our differences and because of the way that we successfully work together."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £6.50 per day.

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils at St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 66% 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 79% in reading and 79% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 63 families put St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 47 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 16 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School are South Bank Community Primary School (0.1 miles, Requires improvement, 54% reading, 35% maths); Lift Caldicotes (0.3 miles, Good, 85% reading, 88% maths); Teesville Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 86% reading, 79% maths); and Thorntree Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 82% reading, 76% maths).

St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School is one of 38 schools run by Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

74 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School (as of September 2025): 99% would recommend the school, 99% say their child is happy there and 87% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (87%).

9.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (77%) and Black (10%).

In 2026, 66 pupils (16.1%) received SEN support and 6 (1.5%) 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 moderate learning difficulty.

St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School had 20 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 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 mile away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brunswick Avenue (a), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 421 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Redcar and Cleveland (174), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School issued 14 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School are St Peter's Catholic College (0.4 miles), Outwood Academy Normanby (0.5 miles) and Outwood Academy Ormesby (1.1 miles).