High Clarence Primary School
Port Clarence Road, High Clarence, Middlesbrough, TS2 1SY
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by High Clarence Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Caraher
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stockton North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 80
- URN
- 111523
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
About this school
High Clarence Primary School was a community primary school in Middlesbrough. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 80 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
High Clarence Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 |
| Writing progress | +2.70 |
| Maths progress | +3.50 |
How High Clarence Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 64.7% | 80 | — |
| High Clarence Academy | 43% | 5.8% | 71% | 90 | 0.0 miles |
| Abingdon Primary School | 62% | 5.4% | 55.5% | 565 | 1.4 miles |
| Newport Primary School | 68% | 5.7% | 71.3% | 358 | 1.4 miles |
| Breckon Hill Primary School | 70% | 5.3% | 52.2% | 541 | 1.6 miles |
| Lift North Ormesby | 63% | 5.3% | 54% | 233 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.7%
- English as an additional language
- 8.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
High Clarence Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Abingdon Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Newport Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Breckon Hill Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Lift North Ormesby1.6 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
Other schools in Middlesbrough
- Abingdon Primary School Primary
- Acklam Whin Primary School Primary
- Archibald Primary School Primary
- Ayresome Primary School Primary
- Bankfields Primary School Primary
- Beech Grove Primary School Primary
- Berwick Hills Primary School Primary
- Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Brambles Primary Academy Primary
- Breckon Hill Primary School Primary
- Caedmon Primary School Primary
- Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does High Clarence Primary School teach?
- High Clarence Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Middlesbrough.
- Has High Clarence Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected High Clarence Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is High Clarence Primary School?
- High Clarence Primary School had 80 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are High Clarence Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, High Clarence Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2023.