Handale Primary School
Primary schoolHandale Primary School is a primary school in Redcar and Cleveland, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 183 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 29 January 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 82% of pupils at Handale Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Redcar and Cleveland and 62% in England.
18% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 82% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 18% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Hummersea Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- Whitecliffe AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Redcar and Cleveland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).