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Handale Primary School

Primary school in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland. Standards maintained (Jan 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 11 February 2020, report published 8 March 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Handale Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Handale Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Since then: ungraded inspection

Inspected 29 January 2025, report published 23 March 2025.

Standards maintained

An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.

Next inspection: around January 2029

The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.3 milesHummersea Primary School

    Primary, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland

    No overall grade. Quality of education good (Mar 2025)

  2. 0.4 milesSaint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Primary, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland

    Standards maintained (Nov 2024)

  3. 0.7 milesWhitecliffe Academy

    Primary, Saltburn-By-The-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland

    Standards maintained (Mar 2025)

  4. 1.8 milesBadger Hill Academy

    Primary, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland

    Good (Nov 2022)

  5. 2.5 milesSt Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Primary, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland

    Good (Sep 2022)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.