# Whale Hill Primary School

Whale Hill Primary School is a primary school in Redcar and Cleveland, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 461 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E147393. [Redcar and Cleveland](https://openindex.co.uk/redcar-and-cleveland)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 461
- Council: Redcar and Cleveland
- URN: 147393

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 20 January 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
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, 85% of pupils at Whale Hill Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Redcar and Cleveland and 62% in England.
17% 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 | 85% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 113 | 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.

- [Caedmon Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caedmon-primary-school-e147433): 470 m. Primary. Good (overall), January 2024. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Progress Schools - Tees Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/school/progress-schools-tees-valley-e148804): 700 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Mo Mowlam Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mo-mowlam-academy-e146953): 820 m. Special. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- [St Mary's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-e140779): 820 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bankfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bankfields-primary-school-e147392): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Grangetown Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grangetown-primary-school-e147394): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2024. 58% 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/147393)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147393)

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