Graded inspection · Jul 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry249 applications · 146 places offered · 167 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7
- 2024 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
- 2021 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
- 2020 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.4
- 2019 1.8; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
- 2017 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
- 2016 1.7; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7
- 2015 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Redcar and Cleveland median
Dashed bars: as Sacred Heart Roman Catholic VA School - A Specialist Science College (URN 111763), the previous school.
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 | 146 | 249 | 1.7 | 167 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2025 | 146 | 247 | 1.7 | 154 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2024 | 151 | 227 | 1.5 | 156 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 145 | 212 | 1.5 | 142 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 148 | 204 | 1.4 | 137 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 143 | 210 | 1.5 | 139 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 146 | 207 | 1.4 | 142 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 144 | 258 | 1.8 | 166 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 | 145 | 230 | 1.6 | 164 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 153 | 212 | 1.4 | 155 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 151 | 261 | 1.7 | 185 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2015 * | 153 | 211 | 1.4 | 152 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 160 | 211 | 1.3 | 160 | 1.00 |
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.) | 148 | 47.5 | 47% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 144 | 50.4 | 56% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 140 | 48.6 | 55% | 78% | −0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 139 | 49.3 | 56% | 72% | −0.16 |
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
- Sacred Heart Catholic SecondaryThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.7applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Redcar and Cleveland20261.3applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20241.6applications per place 51.2Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Redcar and ClevelandGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20222.1applications per place 38.6Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · Redcar and ClevelandRequires significant improvement 20261.4applications per place 36.5Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20231.7applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20241.5applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · MiddlesbroughSerious weaknesses 20251.6applications per place 36.1Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142273 · 807/4639
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 886 pupils · 737 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic VA School - A Specialist Science College (URN 111763)
- Address
- Mersey Road, Redcar, TS10 1PJ
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources