Primary
Whale Hill Primary School
Sandsend Road, Eston, Middlesbrough, TS6 8AD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 461 of 530 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- STEEL RIVER ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 45.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.2
- Pupils
- 464
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
85%
19 points above the Redcar and Cleveland average (66% across 43 schools)
110.0
4.2 above the Redcar and Cleveland average (105.8 across 43 schools)
6th of 43 by our score, among the primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland we can score - 44 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 113 |
| Average reading score | 110 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 85% |
| Working at a higher standard | 17% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 76% |
| 23/24 | 74% |
| 24/25 | 85% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 113.0 |
Sandsend Road, Eston, Middlesbrough, TS6 8AD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Redcar and Cleveland admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sandra Marsden
- Address
- Sandsend Road, Eston, Middlesbrough, TS6 8AD
- Telephone
- 01642454339