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Academy sponsor led · Redcar and Cleveland

Laurence Jackson School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,247Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 147724URN

Church Lane, Guisborough, TS14 6RD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
close to Redcar and Cleveland median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland

376 applications for 248 places · 7th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.4of 90
5th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
1.5applications per place, Year 7
close to Redcar and Cleveland median (1.6) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

376 applications · 248 places offered · 241 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.8; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.5; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.4
  8. 2019 1.9; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.9; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.7; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Redcar and Cleveland median

Dashed bars: as Laurence Jackson School (URN 111724), 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 20262483761.52410.97
Sep 20252594641.83061.18
Sep 20242463411.42280.93
Sep 20232723941.52781.02
Sep 20222443621.52451.00
Sep 20212413501.52250.93
Sep 20202383551.52230.94
Sep 2019 *2414531.92861.19
Sep 2018 *2464701.93041.24
Sep 2017 *2544551.82721.07
Sep 2016 *2454041.72150.88
Sep 2015 *2494101.72330.94
Sep 2014 *2153371.62110.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

237 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.45th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%6th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • Redcar and Cleveland median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23745.446%69%–
2024/2521947.948%71%–
2023/2423945.041%62%−0.17
2022/2323545.839%62%−0.26

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
147724 · 807/4014
Trust
Spark Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,250 pupils · 1,247 on roll
Free school meals
26.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2020
Replaced
Laurence Jackson School (URN 111724)
Address
Church Lane, Guisborough, TS14 6RD
Local authority
Redcar and Cleveland

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