Corpus Christi RC Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Middlesbrough·TS3 8NL
Composite score
25.4
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#14,003
National rank
#724
In North East
#40
In Middlesbrough
Top 95%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
39%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.0020231.0020240.9520250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Corpus Christi RC Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
254
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,802
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Corpus Christi RC Primary School at a glance

Located in Middlesbrough, Corpus Christi RC Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 254 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 12.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Corpus Christi RC Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Corpus Christi RC Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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