Billingham South Community Primary School
Belasis Avenue, Billingham, TS23 1BE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Miss Laura Honour
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stockton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 486
- Pupils on roll
- 452
- URN
- 111524
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642894003
About this school
Billingham South Community Primary School is a community primary school in Billingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 452 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 63 | 57 | 70 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 47% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 56% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 68% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 58% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Billingham South Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stockton-on-Tees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 62.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 64.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 436 |
| 2023/24 | 444 |
| 2024/25 | 459 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Billingham South Community Primary School compares
Billingham South Community Primary School ranked 45th of 54 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 5.9% | 37.3% | 452 | — |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School | 59% | 5.3% | 28.1% | 124 | 0.2 miles |
| Pentland Primary School | 34% | 6.3% | 40.8% | 238 | 0.6 miles |
| Roseberry Primary School | — | 7.5% | 52.1% | 303 | 0.9 miles |
| Norton Primary Academy | 78% | 5.1% | 38.9% | 320 | 1.1 miles |
| Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy | 71% | 5.3% | 41% | 156 | 1.2 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.
Inspection history
- 13 December 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report6 July 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.32%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- Overall absence
- 5.94%
- Persistent absence
- 17.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Billingham
-
Pentland Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Billingham
-
Roseberry Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Billingham
-
Norton Primary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Billingham
Other schools in Billingham
Billingham South Community Primary School ranks 9th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Billingham.
- Bewley Primary School Primary
- Oakdene Primary Academy Primary
- Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy Primary
- Pentland Primary School Primary
- Prior's Mill CofE Primary School Primary
- Roseberry Primary School Primary
- St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Wolviston Primary School Primary
- Northfield School and Sports College Secondary
- St Michael's Catholic Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Billingham South Community Primary School teach?
- Billingham South Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Billingham.
- Who is the head teacher of Billingham South Community Primary School?
- The head teacher of Billingham South Community Primary School is Miss Laura Honour, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Billingham South Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Billingham South Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Billingham South Community Primary School?
- Billingham South Community Primary School has 452 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Billingham South Community Primary School full?
- Billingham South Community Primary School has capacity for 486 pupils and 452 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Billingham South Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Billingham South Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Billingham South Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Billingham South Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Billingham South Community Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Billingham South Community Primary School's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Billingham South Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Billingham South Community Primary School rank locally?
- Billingham South Community Primary School ranked 45th of 54 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Billingham South Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Billingham South Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Billingham South Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Billingham South Community 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 29 June 2026.