Handale Primary School

Redcar and Cleveland · TS13 4RL

General information Primary School · 2-11 years Who goes here 183 pupils, 51.3% FSM

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Handale Primary School

General Information

Address: West Park Avenue, Loftus, SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA, TS13 4RL – View on map
Phone: 01287640416
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Rio Farrier
Age range: 2-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

183 pupils out of 343 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 82
% eligible for free school meals: 51.3%
Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Redcar and Cleveland average)
English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 19.9% a year (Redcar and Cleveland 12.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Redcar and Cleveland: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (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 Redcar and Cleveland, 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: 4.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.6%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2020 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 82% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 18% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the Redcar and Cleveland average (66%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 76% against an expected 60%)
3-year average (expected standard): 76%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 86% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
Average test scores: reading 111, maths 106
Based on: 28 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

This schoolRedcar and Cleveland averageEngland↗ Improving Up 11 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 16 percentage points above the Redcar and Cleveland average (66%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 5th of 43 junior and primary schools in the area

=2Bankfields Primary School85%
=2Whale Hill Primary School85%
=5Handale Primary School82%
=5Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy82%
#7Wheatlands Primary School81%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Newcomen Primary School93%
=2Badger Hill Academy85%
=2Bankfields Primary School85%
=2Whale Hill Primary School85%
=5Handale Primary School82%
=5Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy82%
#7Wheatlands Primary School81%
#8Westgarth Primary School77%
=9St Benedict's Catholic Primary School76%
=9Teesville Academy76%
=11Green Gates Primary School75%
=11Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School75%
=13Coatham Church of England Primary School74%
=13Nunthorpe Primary Academy74%
=13Zetland Primary School74%
#16Whitecliffe Academy73%
=17Lingdale Primary School71%
=17Wilton Primary Academy71%
#19John Emmerson Batty Primary School70%
#20St Bede's Catholic Primary School69%
#21Lockwood Primary School68%
#22Saltburn Primary School67%
=23Highcliffe Primary School66%
=23Normanby Primary School66%
=25Caedmon Primary School64%
=25Errington Primary School64%
=25New Marske Primary School64%
=28Ings Farm Primary School62%
=28Skelton Primary School62%
=28St Peter's Church of England Primary School62%
#31Grangetown Primary School58%
#32Lakes Primary School56%
=33Belmont Primary School54%
=33Galley Hill Primary School54%
=33Overfields Primary School54%
#36Hummersea Primary School50%
#37Ormesby Primary School49%
#38Dormanstown Primary Academy48%
#39St Mary's Catholic Primary School44%
=40Riverdale Primary School43%
=40Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy43%
#42St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School41%
#43South Bank Community Primary School30%

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13th of 33 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland for Ofsted rating

#11Grangetown Primary SchoolGood
#12Green Gates Primary SchoolGood
#13Handale Primary SchoolGood
#14Highcliffe Primary SchoolGood
#15Ings Farm Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Newcomen Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Nunthorpe Primary AcademyOutstanding
#3St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Badger Hill AcademyGood
#5Belmont Primary SchoolGood
#6Caedmon Primary SchoolGood
#7Chaloner Primary SchoolGood
#8Coatham Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#9Dormanstown Primary AcademyGood
#10Errington Primary SchoolGood
#11Grangetown Primary SchoolGood
#12Green Gates Primary SchoolGood
#13Handale Primary SchoolGood
#14Highcliffe Primary SchoolGood
#15Ings Farm Primary SchoolGood
#16John Emmerson Batty Primary SchoolGood
#17Lakes Primary SchoolGood
#18Lockwood Primary SchoolGood
#19New Marske Primary SchoolGood
#20Normanby Primary SchoolGood
#21Ormesby Primary SchoolGood
#22Overfields Primary SchoolGood
#23Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#24Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#25Saltburn Primary SchoolGood
#26St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#27St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#28St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#29Teesville AcademyGood
#30Wheatlands Primary SchoolGood
#31Wilton Primary AcademyGood
#32Lingdale Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#33South Bank Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,935 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

21st of 44 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland for spending per pupil

#19Whale Hill Primary School£6,958
#20Lakes Primary School£6,939
#21Handale Primary School£6,935
#22Zetland Primary School£6,929
#23Ormesby Primary School£6,926

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Whitecliffe Academy£11,444
#2South Bank Community Primary School£10,435
#3Dormanstown Primary Academy£9,602
#4Grangetown Primary School£9,293
#5Lingdale Primary School£9,272
#6Wilton Primary Academy£9,218
#7St Peter's Church of England Primary School£8,331
#8Badger Hill Academy£8,234
#9Westgarth Primary School£8,100
#10Overfields Primary School£8,090
#11Caedmon Primary School£8,038
#12Hummersea Primary School£7,595
#13Errington Primary School£7,325
#14Bankfields Primary School£7,233
#15Highcliffe Primary School£7,181
#16Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy£7,164
#17Green Gates Primary School£7,164
#18Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School£6,997
#19Whale Hill Primary School£6,958
#20Lakes Primary School£6,939
#21Handale Primary School£6,935
#22Zetland Primary School£6,929
#23Ormesby Primary School£6,926
#24Newcomen Primary School£6,730
#25Coatham Church of England Primary School£6,725
#26John Emmerson Batty Primary School£6,687
#27Lockwood Primary School£6,672
#28Skelton Primary School£6,627
#29New Marske Primary School£6,555
#30St Mary's Catholic Primary School£6,501
#31St Benedict's Catholic Primary School£6,500
#32Riverdale Primary School£6,379
#33Nunthorpe Primary Academy£6,213
#34St Bede's Catholic Primary School£6,197
#35Teesville Academy£6,083
#36Belmont Primary School£6,056
#37Normanby Primary School£5,970
#38Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy£5,959
#39St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School£5,621
#40Saltburn Primary School£5,579
#41Galley Hill Primary School£5,557
#42Wheatlands Primary School£5,471
#43Ings Farm Primary School£5,409
#44Chaloner Primary School£4,435

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