# Pennyman Primary Academy

Pennyman Primary Academy is a primary school in Middlesbrough, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 408 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E138560. [Middlesbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 408
- Council: Middlesbrough
- URN: 138560

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, February 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 15 February 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 64% of pupils at Pennyman Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Middlesbrough and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Middlesbrough | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-gabriels-catholic-primary-school-e140750): 260 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2022. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Outwood Academy Ormesby](https://openindex.co.uk/school/outwood-academy-ormesby-e138711): 280 m. Secondary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 36.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Priory Woods School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/priory-woods-school-e131425): 360 m. Special. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- [Overfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/overfields-primary-school-e146403): 480 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ormesby Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ormesby-primary-school-e143479): 550 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Thorntree Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thorntree-academy-e147765): 840 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/138560)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/138560)

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