Mill Lane, Carlin How, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire TS13 4AD
10 reasons to choose Whitecliffe Academy
Top line
Whitecliffe Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Saltburn-by-the-Sea and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Whitecliffe Academy 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 21 members of Northern Education Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2011) inspection.
Average class size
Whitecliffe Academy has four mixed-age classes, and an average class size of 22 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Whitecliffe Academy achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 19% of schools.
The Whitecliffe Academy curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Whitecliffe Academy
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Whitecliffe Academy
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 8.55am to 3.05/3.10pm though after school clubs may extend the day.
Find another school near Whitecliffe Academy
Hummersea Primary School (0.7 miles); Badger Hill Primary Academy (1.1 miles); St Bede’s Catholic Primary School, Marske by the Sea (5.2 miles).
Teesside High School (23.5 miles); Fyling Hall School (24.1 miles); Red House School (24.5 miles).
Sacred Heart Secondary Catholic Voluntary Academy (10.1 miles); Nunthorpe Academy (12.3 miles); Acklam Grange School (17.9 miles).