Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Middlesbrough
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 entry233 applications · 205 places offered · 114 named it first
- 2026 1.1; Middlesbrough median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2023 2.4; Middlesbrough median median 2.4
- 2022 1.2; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
- 2021 1.0; Middlesbrough median median 1.8
- This school
- Middlesbrough median
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 | 205 | 233 | 1.1 | 114 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2025 | 183 | 273 | 1.5 | 126 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2024 | 149 | 277 | 1.9 | 138 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 119 | 283 | 2.4 | 127 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 160 | 184 | 1.2 | 71 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2021 | 120 | 123 | 1.0 | 30 | 0.25 |
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.) | 140 | 40.3 | 32% | 54% | – |
| 2024/25 | 109 | 43.2 | 28% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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 RiversideThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.1applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · MiddlesbroughGood20223.7applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Middlesbrough20261.5applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · MiddlesbroughGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · MiddlesbroughGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Redcar and ClevelandGood20222.1applications per place 38.6Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · MiddlesbroughSerious weaknesses 20251.6applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · MiddlesbroughRemains Good20223.3applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Redcar and ClevelandRequires significant improvement 20261.4applications per place 36.5Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147848 · 806/4003
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 745 on roll
- Free school meals
- 64.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Address
- 100 Russell Street, Middlehaven, Middlesbrough, TS1 2AD
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources