William Cassidi Church of England Aided Primary School
General Information
- Address: Morrison Street, Stillington, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 1JD – View on map
- Phone: 01740630270
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Julie Cornelius
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 19 places – 8 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 9 · 2024 6 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 44
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.3%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Stockton-on-Tees average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.2% a year (Stockton-on-Tees 13.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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. 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: 5.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card February 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Needs attention
- Leadership and governance Needs attention
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Stockton-on-Tees average (67%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 61% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 88% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 16 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
- =42Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy56%
- =42St Joseph's Catholic Academy56%
- =42William Cassidi Church of England Aided Primary School56%
- #47St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Stockton53%
- #48Mill Lane Primary School52%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,492 (2024-25)
27th of 56 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for spending per pupil
- #25Harewood Primary School£6,600
- #26The Glebe Primary School£6,542
- #27William Cassidi Church of England Aided Primary School£6,492
- #28Kirklevington Primary School£6,434
- #29Layfield Primary School£6,329
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