Priory Woods School
Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Emma Fox
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 205
- URN
- 131425
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642770540
About this school
Priory Woods School is a community special school in Middlesbrough. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 205 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Priory Woods School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- 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 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -7.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -8.90 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 9 | 19 | 21 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Priory Woods 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 | Middlesbrough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 195 |
| 2023/24 | 203 |
| 2024/25 | 201 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.37%
- English as an additional language
- 17.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.95%
- Persistent absence
- 33.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Archway Academy0.7 miles
Academies · Middlesbrough
-
River Tees Secondary Academy0.9 miles
Academies · Middlesbrough
-
Outwood Alternative Provision Eston1.0 miles
Independent schools · Middlesbrough
-
River Tees Academy Grangetown1.0 miles
Free Schools · Middlesbrough
-
River Tees Hospital School1.0 miles
Academies · Middlesbrough
Other schools in Middlesbrough
- Archway Academy Academies
- Beverley School Special schools
- Discovery Special Academy Free Schools
- Fulcrum Education Special schools
- Hollis Academy Academies
- Holmwood School Special schools
- Hopefields Education CiC Special schools
- River Tees Academy Grangetown Free Schools
- River Tees Hospital School Academies
- River Tees Primary Academy Academies
- River Tees Secondary Academy Academies
- Abingdon Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Priory Woods School teach?
- Priory Woods School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Middlesbrough.
- Who is the headteacher of Priory Woods School?
- The headteacher of Priory Woods School is Miss Emma Fox, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Priory Woods School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Priory Woods 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 many pupils are at Priory Woods School?
- Priory Woods School has 205 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Priory Woods School full?
- Priory Woods School has capacity for 200 pupils and 205 on roll (102%), so it is at or above 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 Priory Woods School a faith school?
- No. Priory Woods School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Priory Woods School have?
- The schools register lists Priory Woods School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Priory Woods School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Priory Woods School's absence rate?
- Priory Woods School's overall absence rate is 11% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Priory Woods School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Priory Woods 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 30 June 2026.