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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 6 October 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 2 February 2016Graded inspection: Good · as Acklam Grange School, URN 111751
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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 entry953 applications · 287 places offered · 409 named it first
- 2026 3.3; Middlesbrough median median 2.1
- 2025 3.5; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2024 3.4; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2023 3.7; Middlesbrough median median 2.4
- 2022 3.8; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2021 3.5; Middlesbrough median median 1.8
- 2020 3.5; Middlesbrough median median 2.4
- 2019 3.1; Middlesbrough median median 2.2
- 2018 2.5; Middlesbrough median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Middlesbrough median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Middlesbrough median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Middlesbrough median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Middlesbrough median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Middlesbrough median
Dashed bars: as Acklam Grange School (URN 111751), 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 | 287 | 953 | 3.3 | 409 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2025 | 290 | 1,009 | 3.5 | 400 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2024 | 288 | 984 | 3.4 | 424 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2023 | 288 | 1,054 | 3.7 | 462 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2022 | 287 | 1,096 | 3.8 | 445 | 1.55 |
| Sep 2021 | 292 | 1,023 | 3.5 | 439 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 290 | 1,018 | 3.5 | 457 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2019 | 290 | 898 | 3.1 | 445 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2018 * | 291 | 717 | 2.5 | 330 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 * | 293 | 600 | 2.1 | 243 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 245 | 441 | 1.8 | 157 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2015 * | 290 | 555 | 1.9 | 183 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2014 * | 290 | 540 | 1.9 | 159 | 0.55 |
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.) | 274 | 48.8 | 52% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 282 | 48.5 | 49% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 292 | 48.3 | 46% | 69% | +0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 274 | 50.3 | 44% | 73% | +0.41 |
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
- Acklam Grange SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20223.3applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · MiddlesbroughGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Stockton-on-Tees20261.7applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Stockton-on-Tees20261.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · MiddlesbroughGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · MiddlesbroughGood20223.7applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Middlesbrough20263.1applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · MiddlesbroughGood20231.1applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Middlesbrough20261.5applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145774 · 806/4136
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,470 pupils · 1,452 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 July 2018
- Replaced
- Acklam Grange School (URN 111751)
- Address
- Lodore Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PB
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources