Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- 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
- 16 June 2026Report card · 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
- 16 November 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry175 applications · 136 places offered · 117 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
- 2025 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
- 2021 1.0; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
- 2020 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.4
- 2019 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.8
- 2018 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
- 2017 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Redcar and Cleveland median
Dashed bars: as Redcar Academy - A Community School for the Performing and Visual Arts (URN 139028), Redcar Community College A Specialist Visual and Performing Arts Centre (URN 111755), 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 | 136 | 175 | 1.3 | 117 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 133 | 200 | 1.5 | 118 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 151 | 204 | 1.4 | 136 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 147 | 185 | 1.3 | 118 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2022 | 144 | 184 | 1.3 | 109 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2021 | 169 | 173 | 1.0 | 121 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2020 | 96 | 134 | 1.4 | 69 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2019 | 126 | 165 | 1.3 | 87 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2018 | 92 | 136 | 1.5 | 73 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2017 * | 96 | 131 | 1.4 | 93 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 89 | 136 | 1.5 | 66 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2015 * | 87 | 135 | 1.6 | 87 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 98 | 138 | 1.4 | 97 | 0.99 |
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.) | 125 | 39.8 | 42% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 75 | 37.3 | 33% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 120 | 39.6 | 41% | 57% | −1.02 |
| 2022/23 | 89 | 40.5 | 33% | 56% | −0.55 |
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
- Outwood Academy RedcarThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20221.7applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20241.6applications per place 51.2Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Redcar and ClevelandGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20222.1applications per place 38.6Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Redcar and ClevelandRequires significant improvement 20261.4applications per place 36.5Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20231.7applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 7.5 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20241.5applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 8.4 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145188 · 807/4010
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 862 pupils · 656 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2017
- Replaced
- Redcar Academy - A Community School for the Performing and Visual Arts (URN 139028); Redcar Community College A Specialist Visual and Performing Arts Centre (URN 111755)
- Address
- Kirkleatham Lane, Redcar, TS10 4AB
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources