St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

About St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

St Benedict's Catholic Primary School in Redcar and Cleveland was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2018, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed it remains Good and is improving. The school’s strongest academic metric is its Key Stage 2 performance in reading, writing and maths combined: 76% of pupils met the expected standard in all three subjects in the 2023/24 academic year. That is well above the local authority average of 65% for the same measure, and places the school 12th out of 41 primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland. Nationally, it sits in the top 20% of all primary schools. The school also performs strongly in individual subjects: 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in both reading and maths, and 79% did so in writing. At the higher standard, 31% achieved above the expected level in maths, 26% in reading and 10% in writing, though only 2% hit the higher threshold across all three subjects.

The school’s Ofsted report from 2018 awarded Good grades for overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and early years provision. The previous graded inspection in 2013 had rated the school as Requires Improvement, so the trajectory is clearly upward. Progress scores are not available in the data, but the school’s average scaled scores of 105 in both reading and maths are solid. With 34.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average disadvantage, yet its outcomes comfortably exceed the LA average. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character and is led by headteacher Kendra Sill. It provides nursery provision for children aged three and over, and has no sixth form.

The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 64 applications for 52 places, with all 52 first-preference applicants offered a place, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.23. Facilities include a library, gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, a forest school and a chapel. Sports offered include football, cricket, rounders and swimming, and clubs range from choir and chess to drama and film club. The school’s SEND provision covers seven areas, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder and social, emotional and mental health needs. For families prioritising strong academic outcomes in a faith-based setting with good facilities and a clear improvement story, St Benedict’s is a strong local option, though those seeking an Outstanding rating might look at Newcomen Primary School, just 0.4 km away.

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