St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.949 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.949 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), but 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026's last distance offered, 0.949 miles, was further than in 2025 and 2022 and 20th longest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; the last distance has swung sharply between some years, most from 2022 to 2023.
- Free school meal eligibility is 26.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 49.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Middlesbrough.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Middlesbrough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cadogan Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, TS3 6PX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Alphonsus are exceptionally polite, kind and caring.”
- “This is a very inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are tolerant and accepting of others.”
To improve
- “Some pupils do not remember the knowledge or skills from earlier learning that they need to build on.”
- “The school does consistently check for gaps in pupils’ learning before introducing new content.”
- “However, the school has not identified the smaller steps children should learn in order to reach the end goals that they have set out.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 66% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Middlesbrough.
- Lift North Ormesby 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Breckon Hill Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Berwick Hills Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Pallister Park Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brambles Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Abingdon Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published