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Academy sponsor led · Redcar and Cleveland

Freebrough Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 814Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 147541URN

Linden Road, Saltburn-By-the-Sea, TS12 2SJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.3 below Redcar and Cleveland median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland

181 applications for 145 places · 10th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.0of 90
7th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 10 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.3applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Redcar and Cleveland median (1.6) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

181 applications · 145 places offered · 135 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.2; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.2; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.2; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.1; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.0; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.4
  8. 2019 1.1; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.2; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.1; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Redcar and Cleveland median in 0 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Redcar and Cleveland median

Dashed bars: as Freebrough Academy (URN 136139), Freebrough Specialist Engineering College (URN 132171), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261451811.31350.93
Sep 20251511881.31450.96
Sep 20241772031.21540.87
Sep 20231962381.21961.00
Sep 20221872151.21770.95
Sep 20211491571.11340.90
Sep 20201551611.01320.85
Sep 2019 *1521621.11260.83
Sep 2018 *1772031.21650.93
Sep 2017 *1822081.11821.00
Sep 2016 *1541961.31470.95
Sep 2015 *1591841.21470.92
Sep 2014 *1081441.31081.00

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

144 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.07th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%3rd of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Redcar and Cleveland median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.28
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14444.055%72%–
2024/2514246.460%75%–
2023/2414147.355%78%+0.28
2022/2316249.960%76%+0.06

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

  • 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
147541 · 807/4012
Trust
Northern Education Trust
Capacity
1,000 pupils · 814 on roll
Free school meals
40.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Opened
1 September 2019
Replaced
Freebrough Academy (URN 136139); Freebrough Specialist Engineering College (URN 132171)
Address
Linden Road, Saltburn-By-the-Sea, TS12 2SJ
Local authority
Redcar and Cleveland

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources