Harewood Primary School
General Information
- Address: Eric Avenue, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 7JJ – View on map
- Phone: 01642355425
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Gareth McManus
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 34 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: 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 218
- % eligible for free school meals: 56.2%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Stockton-on-Tees average)
- English as an additional language: 23% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.3% a year (Stockton-on-Tees 13.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 5.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 33 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 27 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Stockton-on-Tees average (67%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 67% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 76% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 55 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 27th of 53 junior and primary schools in the area
- =25Bewley Primary School68%
- =25St Bede's Catholic Academy68%
- =27Harewood Primary School67%
- =27St Francis of Assisi Church of England Primary School67%
- =27St Gregory's Catholic Academy67%
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11th of 40 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for Ofsted rating
- #9Fairfield Primary SchoolGood
- #10Frederick Nattrass Primary AcademyGood
- #11Harewood Primary SchoolGood
- #12Harrow Gate AcademyGood
- #13Hartburn Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,600 (2024-25)
25th of 56 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for spending per pupil
- #23Thornaby Church of England Primary School£6,621
- #24Wolviston Primary School£6,618
- #25Harewood Primary School£6,600
- #26The Glebe Primary School£6,542
- #27William Cassidi Church of England Aided Primary School£6,492
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