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Children in Stockton-on-Tees
How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.
Health and early years
At a glance
| Measure | Stockton-on-Tees | England |
|---|---|---|
| On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review 2024/25 higher | 89.3% | 81.4% |
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 similar | 69.5% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 similar | 80.1% | 79.8% |
| Reception children living with obesity 2024/25 similar | 10.6% | 10.5% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 higher | 25.0% | 22.2% |
| MMR first dose by age 2 2024/25 higher | 92.5% | 88.9% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 higher | 89.2% | 83.7% |
| 5-year-olds with visible tooth decay 2023/24 similar | 22.6% | 22.4% |
| Babies breastfed at 6 to 8 weeks 2024/25 lower | 39.2% | 55.6% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 lower | 12.1% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 higher | 22.3% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.
End of primary school
Year 6 reading, writing and maths
| Year | Stockton-on-Tees | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 71% | 65% |
| 2021/22 | 64% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 63% |
| 2025/26 | 66% | 63% |
Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Schools
Primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees
60 schools
- Bader Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Barley Fields Primary Stockton-on-Tees
- Bewley Primary School Billingham
- Billingham South Community Primary School Billingham
- Bowesfield Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- Crooksbarn Primary School Stockton-on-tees
- Durham Lane Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Fairfield Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- Harewood Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Harrow Gate Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- Hartburn Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- High Clarence Academy Middlesbrough
- Holy Trinity Rosehill CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Ingleby Mill Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Junction Farm Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Kirklevington Primary School Yarm
- Layfield Primary School Yarm
- Levendale Primary School Yarm
- Mandale Mill Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Mill Lane Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Myton Park Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Norton Primary Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- Oakdene Primary Academy Billingham
- Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy Billingham
- Oxbridge Lane Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Pentland Primary School Billingham
- Preston Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Prior's Mill CofE Primary School Billingham
- Roseberry Primary School Billingham
- Rosebrook Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- St Bede's Catholic Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Stockton Stockton-on-Tees
- St Francis of Assisi Church of England Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- St Gregory's Catholic Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School Billingham
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Billingham
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Stockton Stockton-on-Tees
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School Billingham
- St Therese of Lisieux Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- The Glebe Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- The Links Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- The Oak Tree Academy Stockton-on-Tees
- Thornaby Church of England Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Tilery Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Village Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Whinstone Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Whitehouse Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- William Cassidi Church of England Aided Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Wolviston Primary School Billingham
- Wynyard Church of England Primary School Wynyard
- Yarm Primary School Yarm