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Linthorpe Community Primary School

Academy converter in Middlesbrough, TS5 6EA, taking ages 2 to 11, 727 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Apr 2024
0.7 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
103% Full, over capacity
88.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.7 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.7 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Linthorpe Community Primary School: 0.7 miles, 2025/26 St Edward's Catholic Primary School: 1.79 miles, 2025/26, published by Middlesbrough

This is not a catchment area. 0.7 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Linthorpe Community Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Middlesbrough. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Middlesbrough, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Linthorpe Community Primary School and St Edward's Catholic Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. St Edward's Catholic Primary School admitted from 1.79 miles in 2025/26, published by Middlesbrough. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is TS5 at £172,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Linthorpe Community Primary SchoolFrom St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolMedian sold price
TS5 Middlesbrough 0.6 mi 0.7 mi £172,000 126 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Middlesbrough, 15 of 120 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (12.5%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Linthorpe Community Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
St Edward's Catholic Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.79 mi 2025/26 0.4 mi
Green Lane Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 0.92 mi 2025/26 0.5 mi
Sacred Heart Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.1 mi 2025/26 0.5 mi
Archibald Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.03 mi 2025/26 0.6 mi
Ayresome Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.04 mi 2025/26 0.7 mi
Whinney Banks Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.32 mi 2025/26 0.8 mi

The distance as a picture

Linthorpe Community Primary School catchment area map: the 0.7 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 727 pupils in 705 places (103% full, over capacity)
TrustTHE LEGACY LEARNING TRUST
Local authorityMiddlesbrough

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 29 April 2024
Meeting the expected standard 88.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 88.0%
2023/24 82.0%
2022/23 69.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Linthorpe Community Primary School

Girls and boys48.7% girls, 51.3% boys
English as an additional language42.1% of pupils
Free school meals45.7% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Linthorpe Community Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 0.7 miles: TS5, median £172,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
TS5 Middlesbrough 0.6 mi £172,000 126 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.7 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Linthorpe Community Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Linthorpe Hotel, 0.1 mi away, with 2.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:20, last 19:29.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Linthorpe Hotel0.1 mi2.80.21.017A, 17B
Linthorpe Hotel0.1 mi2.80.51.017A, 17B
Dorman's0.2 mi2.80.21.017A, 17B

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Linthorpe Community Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around TS5: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at TS5 6EA, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Linthorpe Community Primary School?

Linthorpe Community Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 0.7 miles away, per Middlesbrough.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Linthorpe Community Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.7 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 103% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Linthorpe Community Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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Admission distance published by Middlesbrough. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.