Hundale Crescent, Redcar, North Yorkshire TS10 2PU
10 reasons to choose Wheatlands Primary School
Top line
Wheatlands Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It is one of the best state primary schools in Redcar and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Wheatlands Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 10 members of Galileo Multi Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection.
Average class size
Wheatlands Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 27 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Wheatlands Primary School ranks in the top 26% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 16% of schools.
The Wheatlands Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Wheatlands Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Wheatlands Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.35/8.40am to 3.15pm. Breakfast club from 7.30am and after school clubs may extend the day.
Find another school near Wheatlands Primary School
Red House Junior School (13.5 miles); Yarm Preparatory School (15.4 miles); Teesside High Prep School (15.8 miles).
Zetland Primary School (1.1 miles); St Bede’s Catholic Primary School, Marske by the Sea (1.6 miles); Newcomen Primary School (2.6 miles).
Red House School (13.5 miles); Teesside High School (15.6 miles); Yarm School (15.7 miles).
Sacred Heart Secondary Catholic Voluntary Academy (2.3 miles); Nunthorpe Academy (7.7 miles); Acklam Grange School (10.9 miles).