Barley Fields Primary
Barley Fields Primary School, Lamb Lane, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 0QPOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Barley Fields Primary is a primary school in Stockton-on-Tees for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 86 schools in Stockton-on-Tees. It ranks 14th of 40 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees. Its latest Ofsted outcome is a report card, from an inspection in November 2025.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 25 November 2025, report published 5 February 2026
Each area is graded from urgent improvement to exceptional, and safeguarding is either met or not met.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 25 November 2025
Pupils attending Barley Fields Primary School are proud of their school. They are warm and welcoming and they demonstrate the highest level of respect to others. Pupils develop positive relationships with staff and each other. Everyone is made to feel welcome and included. Staff know the pupils extremely well. There is a strong family ethos that permeates through the school. This ensures that this big school successfully achieves its aim of feeling like a small school. Pupils quickly settle into routines and understand the high expectations for behaviour and learning. This starts in the early years. Pupils behave very well in lessons and demonstrate a commitment to their learning. Pupils of all ages get on well with each other. Older pupils are effective role models for their younger peers. Pupils say that bullying is rare. Leaders have rightly prioritised developing the curriculum to meet the needs of all groups of pupils. This includes a growing number of pupils who join the school with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Barriers to learning are swiftly identified so that the right academic offer is put in place for each child. A recent renewed focus on securing foundational knowledge requires some further work to ensure that all pupils are accessing the knowledge they need to build successfully on what they already know and can do. Published test outcomes demonstrate that pupils achieve well and are ready for their next steps in education. Pupils enjoy their learning and fully benefit from the school's rich wider offer. They relish the opportunities given to fulfil additional roles in school, for example, as digital leaders, pupil governors and school councillors. Pupils have a genuine say in what is happening in their school. They are valued and nurtured as individuals.
What the school should improve
- Leaders should ensure that they are making effective choices about what to teach, and when and how to teach it, so they can more accurately secure the foundational knowledge for all pupils at the early stages of reading, writing and mathematics.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
87 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
668 pupils on roll, with places for 706
Schools near Barley Fields Primary
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Therese of Lisieux Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy | 0.1 miles | Report card: Strong standard | 74% met the expected standard |
| Myton Park Primary School | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 77% met the expected standard |
| Whinstone Primary School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 73% met the expected standard |
| Ingleby Mill Primary School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| St Francis of Assisi Church of England Primary School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | 67% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- PRINCE REGENT STREET TRUST
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Miss Carly Briston
- Phone
- 01642767051
- Address
- Barley Fields Primary School, Lamb Lane, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 0QP
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- URN
- 149587
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.