Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
General Information
- Address: Tedder Avenue, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JP – View on map
- Phone: 01642765639
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Mark Ryan
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 36 families put it first for 36 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 152
- % eligible for free school meals: 44.4%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Stockton-on-Tees average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.9% a year (Stockton-on-Tees 13.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 60% moved to another school, 40% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Stockton-on-Tees: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 22 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Stockton-on-Tees average (67%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 68% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 67% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 52 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 42nd of 53 junior and primary schools in the area
- =42Billingham South Community Primary School56%
- =42Bowesfield Primary School56%
- =42Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy56%
- =42St Joseph's Catholic Academy56%
- =42William Cassidi Church of England Aided Primary School56%
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7th of 40 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for Ofsted rating
- #5Bewley Primary SchoolGood
- #6Bowesfield Primary SchoolGood
- #7Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic AcademyGood
- #8Egglescliffe Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #9Fairfield Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,893 (2024-25)
40th of 56 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for spending per pupil
- #38Whitehouse Primary School£5,917
- #39Oakdene Primary Academy£5,902
- #40Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy£5,893
- #41St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Stockton£5,819
- #42Wynyard Church of England Primary School£5,810
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