Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Middlesbrough
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 24 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry661 applications · 216 places offered · 220 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.1; Middlesbrough median median 2.1
- 2025 2.9; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2024 3.1; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2023 2.9; Middlesbrough median median 2.4
- 2022 2.9; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2021 3.2; Middlesbrough median median 1.8
- 2020 2.4; Middlesbrough median median 2.4
- 2019 2.2; Middlesbrough median median 2.2
- 2018 2.2; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2017 2.9; Middlesbrough median median 1.7
- 2016 3.1; Middlesbrough median median 1.8
- 2015 3.0; Middlesbrough median median 1.8
- 2014 3.1; Middlesbrough median median 2.0
- This school
- Middlesbrough median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 216 | 661 | 3.1 | 220 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 226 | 658 | 2.9 | 241 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 243 | 745 | 3.1 | 279 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 247 | 706 | 2.9 | 257 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 254 | 727 | 2.9 | 280 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 221 | 702 | 3.2 | 255 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 229 | 553 | 2.4 | 223 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 224 | 492 | 2.2 | 212 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 221 | 482 | 2.2 | 228 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 194 | 558 | 2.9 | 242 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2016 | 192 | 592 | 3.1 | 229 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2015 | 201 | 604 | 3.0 | 234 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2014 | 206 | 641 | 3.1 | 228 | 1.11 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 227 | 42.9 | 42% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 213 | 37.9 | 31% | 49% | – |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 41.5 | 42% | 59% | −0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 227 | 45.3 | 42% | 64% | −0.28 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The King's AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.1applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · MiddlesbroughGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · MiddlesbroughGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · MiddlesbroughRemains Good20223.3applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Redcar and ClevelandRequires improvement20242.2applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Middlesbrough20261.5applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · MiddlesbroughSerious weaknesses 20251.6applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · Stockton-on-Tees20261.7applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Stockton-on-Tees20261.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 134223 · 806/6906
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Capacity
- 1,530 pupils · 1,381 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2003
- Address
- Stainton Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, TS8 0GA
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources