# Schools in Middlesbrough

49 schools with published admissions figures

"1st preferences per place" is how many families named a school first, for each place it offered, in the newest year held. It describes demand. It is not a pass rate and it does not say whether a child would be offered a place. A dash means the figure is not held.

## How the 2026 round went

Counts families, not schools. The table below cannot be added up into these figures, because a child naming three schools appears in three of its rows.

### Primary

For September 2026, 96.3% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.4% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 2.1 points higher than in 2016, when it was 94.2%.

The council's primary schools between them had 2,055 places for 1,593 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.


### Secondary

For September 2026, 84.3% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 95.5% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 1.4 points higher than in 2016, when it was 82.9%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 1,884 places for 1,913 applications, which is 29 fewer places than applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.


## If a family is refused a place

In 2026, families in Middlesbrough lodged 124 appeals about a school place.

96 of them were heard by a panel and 12 succeeded, which is about 12 in every 100 heard.

The other 28 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.

This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

## Schools here running specialist SEN provision

9 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

| School | Phase | What it runs |
|---|---|---|
| [Beech Grove Primary School, Middlesbrough](/school/111577/beech-grove-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Easterside Academy, Middlesbrough](/school/140714/easterside-academy) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Hemlington Hall Academy, Middlesbrough](/school/145136/hemlington-hall-academy) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Marton Manor Primary School, Middlesbrough](/school/146262/marton-manor-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Pennyman Primary Academy, Middlesbrough](/school/138560/pennyman-primary-academy) | primary | SEN unit |
| [Acklam Grange School, Middlesbrough](/school/145774/acklam-grange-school) | secondary | Resourced provision |
| [Lift Unity City, Middlesbrough](/school/133768/lift-unity-city) | secondary | Resourced provision |
| [Outwood Academy Acklam, Middlesbrough](/school/139823/outwood-academy-acklam) | secondary | Resourced provision |
| [The King's Academy, Middlesbrough](/school/134223/the-king-s-academy) | secondary | SEN unit and resourced provision |

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

## Primary

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [Abingdon Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/150095/abingdon-primary-school) | 0.93 | Good |
| [Acklam Whin Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/151369/acklam-whin-primary-school) | 1.02 | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
| [Archibald Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/145623/archibald-primary-school) | 0.76 | School remains Good |
| [Ayresome Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/146770/ayresome-primary-school) | 0.74 | Good |
| [Beech Grove Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/111577/beech-grove-primary-school) | 0.89 | Standards maintained |
| [Berwick Hills Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/111626/berwick-hills-primary-school) | 0.90 | Good |
| [Brambles Primary Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/138559/brambles-primary-academy) | 0.98 | Not judged |
| [Breckon Hill Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/150090/breckon-hill-primary-school) | 0.83 | School remains Good |
| [Captain Cook Primary School (Marton)](/school/146222/captain-cook-primary-school) | 0.86 | School remains Good |
| [Chandlers Ridge Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/145287/chandlers-ridge-academy) | 0.91 | Strong standard |
| [Corpus Christi RC Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142344/corpus-christi-rc-primary-school) | 0.92 | School remains Good |
| [Easterside Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/140714/easterside-academy) | 0.79 | Good |
| [Green Lane Primary Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/140722/green-lane-primary-academy) | 0.92 | School remains Good |
| [Hemlington Hall Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/145136/hemlington-hall-academy) | 1.21 | Expected standard |
| [Kader Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/140869/kader-academy) | 0.98 | Strong standard |
| [Lift Caldicotes (Middlesbrough)](/school/139476/lift-caldicotes) | 0.91 | Not judged |
| [Lift North Ormesby (Middlesbrough)](/school/138854/lift-north-ormesby) | 0.80 | Not judged |
| [Lingfield Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/146251/lingfield-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [Linthorpe Community Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/145775/linthorpe-community-primary-school) | 1.14 | Outstanding |
| [Marton Manor Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/146262/marton-manor-primary-school) | 1.53 | Not judged |
| [Newham Bridge Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/150089/newham-bridge-primary-school) | 1.05 | - |
| [Newport Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/111580/newport-primary-school) | 0.95 | Good |
| [Pallister Park Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/144136/pallister-park-primary-school) | 0.98 | School remains Good |
| [Park End Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/111632/park-end-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Pennyman Primary Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/138560/pennyman-primary-academy) | 0.94 | School remains Good |
| [Rose Wood Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/140504/rose-wood-academy) | 0.98 | Standards maintained |
| [Sacred Heart Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142365/sacred-heart-primary-school) | 1.30 | Good |
| [St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142367/st-alphonsus-catholic-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142368/st-augustine-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.90 | Standards maintained |
| [St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142369/st-bernadette-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.07 | Good |
| [St Clare's RC Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142370/st-clare-s-rc-primary-school) | 0.92 | Standards maintained |
| [St Edward's Catholic Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142371/st-edward-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.92 | Good |
| [St Gerard's RC Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142373/st-gerard-s-rc-primary-school) | 0.73 | School remains Good |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142374/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.97 | Standards maintained |
| [St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/146249/st-pius-x-catholic-primary-school-a-catholic-voluntary-academy) | 0.71 | Good |
| [St Thomas More RC Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/142376/st-thomas-more-rc-primary-school) | 1.10 | Good |
| [Sunnyside Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/140503/sunnyside-academy) | 0.92 | Good |
| [The Avenue Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/146252/the-avenue-primary-school) | 0.98 | School remains Good |
| [Thorntree Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/147765/thorntree-academy) | 0.92 | Good |
| [Viewley Hill Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/140505/viewley-hill-academy) | 0.81 | School remains Good |
| [Whinney Banks Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/134076/whinney-banks-primary-school) | 0.91 | Not judged |

## Secondary

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [Acklam Grange School (Middlesbrough)](/school/145774/acklam-grange-school) | 1.43 | School remains Good |
| [Lift Unity City (Middlesbrough)](/school/133768/lift-unity-city) | 0.89 | Expected standard |
| [Macmillan Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/130908/macmillan-academy) | 1.49 | Good |
| [Outwood Academy Acklam (Middlesbrough)](/school/139823/outwood-academy-acklam) | 0.59 | Not judged |
| [Outwood Academy Ormesby (Middlesbrough)](/school/138711/outwood-academy-ormesby) | 0.74 | Expected standard |
| [Outwood Academy Riverside (Middlesbrough)](/school/147848/outwood-academy-riverside) | 0.56 | Good |
| [The King's Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/134223/the-king-s-academy) | 1.02 | Expected standard |
| [Trinity Catholic College (Middlesbrough)](/school/142382/trinity-catholic-college) | 0.89 | Not judged |

Full page: /schools/middlesbrough
Figures from the Department for Education, Ofsted and local authorities; each school's own page lists its sources and dates.