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Education in Redcar and Cleveland

Unitary authority

The south east of the North East. 139,541 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 245 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Redcar and Cleveland, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

Under 25250 or more

Redcar and Cleveland had 64 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Number of schools

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64
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Redcar and Cleveland had 64 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Number of schools: Redcar and Cleveland among every council350 areas from 1 to 510. The middle area is 68. Redcar and Cleveland is 64.

Schools

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Schools in Redcar and Cleveland

Redcar and Cleveland has 64 open schools: 44 primary, 10 secondary, 5 special, 1 sixth form and further education, 3 independent and 1 pupil referral and alternative provision.

Outstanding
3
Good
19
Requires improvement
3
Inadequate
0

25 of the 58 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between February 2020 and June 2024.

8 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.

7 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.

Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

Schools rated Outstanding in Redcar and Cleveland

3 schools had Outstanding as the overall grade at their latest graded inspection, which is the date given. A later ungraded inspection, shown in the table, may say more.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School (November 2023), Freebrough Academy (January 2023), Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy (May 2022).

Primary (44)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS2 2024/25)
Badger Hill AcademyAcademy converter2 to 11138Good (overall), November 202285% met KS2 standard
Bankfields Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11257Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met85% met KS2 standard
Belmont Primary SchoolFoundation school3 to 11392School remains Good, April 202354% met KS2 standard
Caedmon Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11215Good (overall), January 202464% met KS2 standard
Chaloner Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11235Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed
Coatham Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11201School remains Good, October 202274% met KS2 standard
Dormanstown Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led2 to 11274Good (overall), November 202348% met KS2 standard
Errington Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11219School remains Good, March 202364% met KS2 standard
Galley Hill Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11265Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met54% met KS2 standard
Grangetown Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11283Good (overall), January 202458% met KS2 standard
Green Gates Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11248Good (overall), September 202275% met KS2 standard
Handale Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11183Standards maintained, January 2025Good (overall), February 2020, before the school changed82% met KS2 standard
Highcliffe Primary SchoolFoundation school3 to 11260Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade66% met KS2 standard
Hummersea Primary SchoolCommunity school2 to 11261Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade50% met KS2 standard
Ings Farm Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11446Good (overall), January 202462% met KS2 standard
John Emmerson Batty Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11173School remains Good, September 202270% met KS2 standard
Lakes Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11267School remains Good, November 202256% met KS2 standard
Lingdale Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 1186Requires improvement (overall), September 2021, before the school changed71% met KS2 standard
Lockwood Primary SchoolFoundation school3 to 11155Good (overall), May 202368% met KS2 standard
New Marske Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11181School remains Good, July 202264% met KS2 standard
Newcomen Primary SchoolCommunity school3 to 11341Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade93% met KS2 standard
Normanby Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11503School remains Good, July 202266% met KS2 standard
Nunthorpe Primary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11239School remains Outstanding, October 202374% met KS2 standard
Ormesby Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11190Good (overall), April 202449% met KS2 standard
Overfields Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11189Good (overall), February 202354% met KS2 standard
Riverdale Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11179Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met43% met KS2 standard
Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11194Good (overall), March 202275% met KS2 standard
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter2 to 11182Standards maintained, November 202482% met KS2 standard
Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11175School remains Good, December 202243% met KS2 standard
Saltburn Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11351School remains Good, June 202367% met KS2 standard
Skelton Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11462Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met62% met KS2 standard
South Bank Community Primary SchoolFoundation school3 to 11346Requires improvement (overall), June 202430% met KS2 standard
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11180Good (overall), November 202269% met KS2 standard
St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11387School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, October 202376% met KS2 standard
St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11410Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade41% met KS2 standard
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11198Outstanding (overall), November 202344% met KS2 standard
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11307Good (overall), September 202262% met KS2 standard
Teesville AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11314Good (overall), September 202376% met KS2 standard
Westgarth Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11329Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade77% met KS2 standard
Whale Hill Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11461Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met85% met KS2 standard
Wheatlands Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11410School remains Good, July 202281% met KS2 standard
Whitecliffe AcademyAcademy converter3 to 1191Standards maintained, March 202573% met KS2 standard
Wilton Primary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 1176School remains Good, November 202271% met KS2 standard
Zetland Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11187Standards maintained, November 202474% met KS2 standard

Secondary (10)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS4 2025/26)
Freebrough AcademyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16814Outstanding (overall), January 2023Attainment 8: 44.0
Huntcliff SchoolAcademy sponsor led11 to 16544Good (overall), June 2023Attainment 8: 47.7
Laurence Jackson SchoolAcademy sponsor led11 to 161,247Good (overall), June 2024Attainment 8: 45.4
Nunthorpe School & Sixth FormAcademy converter11 to 181,321Requires improvement (overall), June 2024Attainment 8: 44.2
Outwood Academy BydalesAcademy sponsor led11 to 16832Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall gradeAttainment 8: 50.4
Outwood Academy NormanbyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16787Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvementAttainment 8: 36.5
Outwood Academy RedcarAcademy sponsor led11 to 16656Report card, June 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 39.8
Rye Hills AcademyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16763Good (overall), May 2024Attainment 8: 51.2
Sacred Heart Catholic SecondaryAcademy converter11 to 16737Good (overall), July 2022Attainment 8: 47.5
St Peter's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter11 to 16572Good (overall), November 2022Attainment 8: 38.6

Special (5)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Invested EducationOther independent special school11 to 1618No outcome in Ofsted's file
Kilton Thorpe Specialist AcademyAcademy special converter3 to 19197Outstanding (overall), May 2022
Kirkleatham Hall SchoolCommunity special school4 to 19215School remains Good, October 2023
Mackenzie Thorpe CentreOther independent special school4 to 1938No outcome in Ofsted's file
Mo Mowlam AcademyAcademy special sponsor led5 to 16101Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met

Sixth form and further education (1)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form CollegeAcademy 16-19 converter16 to 190Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Independent (3)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Old Farm SchoolOther independent school5 to 1956Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
Outwood Alternative Provision EstonOther independent school11 to 16104Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
Progress Schools - Tees ValleyOther independent school11 to 1618Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Pupil referral and alternative provision (1)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Archway AcademyAcademy alternative provision converter11 to 1675School remains Good, June 2024

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.