Abingdon Primary School
Abingdon Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3JR
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Abingdon Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Cooper
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 525
- Pupils on roll
- 627
- URN
- 131519
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
About this school
Abingdon Primary School was a foundation primary school in Middlesbrough. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 627 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Abingdon Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1998, 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 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 71 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 91% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +3.90 | - |
| Maths progress | +4.60 | - |
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 Abingdon 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 | Middlesbrough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Abingdon 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% | 47.5% | 627 | — |
| Abingdon Primary School | 62% | 5.4% | 55.5% | 565 | 0.0 miles |
| Breckon Hill Primary School | 70% | 5.3% | 52.2% | 541 | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 64% | 4.7% | 35.7% | 404 | 0.5 miles |
| Ayresome Primary School | 46% | 6% | 60.2% | 705 | 0.7 miles |
| Lift North Ormesby | 63% | 5.3% | 54% | 233 | 0.7 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)
- 47.5%
- English as an additional language
- 75.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 20.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abingdon Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Breckon Hill Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Ayresome Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Lift North Ormesby0.7 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 Abingdon Primary School teach?
- Abingdon Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Middlesbrough.
- Has Abingdon Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Abingdon 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 Abingdon Primary School?
- Abingdon Primary School had 627 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Abingdon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Abingdon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abingdon 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 30 September 2023.