Lingfield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.747 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lingfield Primary School is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Lingfield 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 | 3.747 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.747 miles away, the 3rd longest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.92 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and 2022, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 89% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Buxton Avenue, Marton, Lingfield Primary School, Middlesbrough, TS7 8LP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “There is a real sense of family at Lingfield Primary.”
- “Staff and pupils talk about the school with pride.”
- “Parents appreciate the high level of care and nurture that staff provide.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are less able to remember knowledge from other subjects.”
- “For example, in history, Year 3 pupils found it difficult to explain what they have learned in a recent topic about the stone age.”
- “These checks are not consistent in all foundation subjects in all year groups.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 2023 (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) | 89% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Captain Cook Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Avenue Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chandlers Ridge Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Marton Manor Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rose Wood Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sunnyside Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published