Bader Primary School
Kintyre Drive, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 0BY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SPARK EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr David Hodgson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Vision Academy Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Stockton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 350
- Pupils on roll
- 276
- URN
- 143623
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Telephone
- 01642762856
About this school
Bader Primary School is a primary academy in Stockton-on-Tees. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 276 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 51 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 73% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 76% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 71% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Bader 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 | 60% | 62.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 64.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 354 |
| 2023/24 | 309 |
| 2024/25 | 280 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bader Primary School compares
Bader Primary School ranked 37th of 54 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5.6% | 49% | 276 | — |
| Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy | 56% | 5% | 44.2% | 360 | 0.5 miles |
| Thornaby Church of England Primary School | 49% | 5.7% | 40.5% | 272 | 0.7 miles |
| Village Primary School | 60% | 6.1% | 51% | 241 | 0.7 miles |
| Whinstone Primary School | 73% | 5% | 15% | 444 | 0.8 miles |
| St Francis of Assisi Church of England Primary School | 67% | 3.4% | 6.3% | 462 | 0.9 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.02%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
- Overall absence
- 5.63%
- Persistent absence
- 15.18%
Location
Nearby schools
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Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
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Thornaby Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
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Village Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Whinstone Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
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St Francis of Assisi Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
Other schools in Stockton-on-Tees
Bader Primary School ranks 28th of the 41 ranked primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Barley Fields Primary Primary
- Bowesfield Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Primary
- Crooksbarn Primary School Primary
- Durham Lane Primary School Primary
- Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Primary School Primary
- Fishburn Primary School Primary
- Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy Primary
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy Primary
- Harewood Primary School Primary
- Harrow Gate Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bader Primary School teach?
- Bader Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Who is the headteacher of Bader Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bader Primary School is Mr David Hodgson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bader Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bader 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 Bader Primary School?
- Bader Primary School has 276 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Bader Primary School full?
- Bader Primary School has capacity for 350 pupils and 276 on roll (79%), 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 Bader Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bader Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bader Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bader Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Bader Primary School?
- Bader Primary School is part of SPARK EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bader Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bader Primary School rank locally?
- Bader Primary School ranked 37th of 54 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bader Primary School's absence rate?
- Bader Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bader Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bader 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 2 July 2026.