# Schools in Redcar and Cleveland

54 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, 97.0% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.0% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 97.4%.

The council's primary schools between them had 1,733 places for 1,345 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.


### Secondary

For September 2026, 93.0% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 97.5% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 93.3%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 1,672 places for 1,452 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 Redcar and Cleveland lodged 65 appeals about a school place.

48 of them were heard by a panel and 9 succeeded, which is about 19 in every 100 heard.

The other 17 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 Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.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

5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Dormanstown Primary Academy, Redcar](/school/139931/dormanstown-primary-academy) | primary | SEN unit |
| [Grangetown Primary School, Middlesbrough](/school/147394/grangetown-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [South Bank Community Primary School, Middlesbrough](/school/134705/south-bank-community-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Saltburn-by-the-Sea](/school/145671/st-peter-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | primary | SEN unit |
| [Freebrough Academy, Saltburn-By-the-Sea](/school/147541/freebrough-academy) | secondary | 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 |
|---|---:|---|
| [Badger Hill Academy (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)](/school/143618/badger-hill-academy) | 0.92 | Good |
| [Bankfields Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/147392/bankfields-primary-school) | 0.92 | Strong standard |
| [Belmont Primary School (Guisborough)](/school/111662/belmont-primary-school) | 0.93 | School remains Good |
| [Caedmon Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/147433/caedmon-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Chaloner Primary School (Guisborough)](/school/151459/chaloner-primary-school) | 1.17 | Not judged |
| [Coatham Church of England Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145670/coatham-church-of-england-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [Dormanstown Primary Academy (Redcar)](/school/139931/dormanstown-primary-academy) | 1.13 | Good |
| [Errington Primary School (Redcar)](/school/146486/errington-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [Galley Hill Primary School (Guisborough)](/school/145666/galley-hill-primary-school) | 1.10 | Needs attention |
| [Grangetown Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/147394/grangetown-primary-school) | 0.95 | Good |
| [Green Gates Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145662/green-gates-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Handale Primary School (SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA)](/school/149008/handale-primary-school) | 0.89 | Standards maintained |
| [Highcliffe Primary School (Guisborough)](/school/131457/highcliffe-primary-school) | 1.07 | Not judged |
| [Hummersea Primary School (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)](/school/111618/hummersea-primary-school) | 1.00 | Not judged |
| [Ings Farm Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145664/ings-farm-primary-school) | 1.02 | Good |
| [John Emmerson Batty Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145663/john-emmerson-batty-primary-school) | 0.89 | School remains Good |
| [Lakes Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145665/lakes-primary-school) | 0.93 | School remains Good |
| [Lingdale Primary School (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)](/school/150132/lingdale-primary-school) | 1.00 | Requires improvement |
| [Lockwood Primary School (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)](/school/111533/lockwood-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [New Marske Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145667/new-marske-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [Newcomen Primary School (Redcar)](/school/111638/newcomen-primary-school) | 0.93 | Not judged |
| [Normanby Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/140918/normanby-primary-school) | 0.98 | School remains Good |
| [Nunthorpe Primary Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/140919/nunthorpe-primary-academy) | 1.10 | School remains Outstanding |
| [Ormesby Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/143479/ormesby-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Overfields Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/146403/overfields-primary-school) | 0.82 | Good |
| [Riverdale Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145046/riverdale-primary-school) | 1.00 | Expected standard |
| [Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/140750/saint-gabriel-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.95 | Good |
| [Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)](/school/141457/saint-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school-a-catholic-voluntary-academy) | 1.00 | Standards maintained |
| [Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (Guisborough)](/school/141456/saint-paulinus-catholic-primary-school-a-catholic-voluntary-academy) | 0.75 | School remains Good |
| [Saltburn Primary School (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)](/school/148298/saltburn-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [Skelton Primary School (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)](/school/140319/skelton-primary-school) | 0.98 | Expected standard |
| [South Bank Community Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/134705/south-bank-community-primary-school) | 0.93 | Requires improvement |
| [St Bede's Catholic Primary School (Redcar)](/school/141458/st-bede-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [St Benedict's Catholic Primary School (Redcar)](/school/142272/st-benedict-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next |
| [St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/140769/st-margaret-clitherows-rc-primary-school) | 1.34 | Not judged |
| [St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/140779/st-mary-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.59 | Outstanding |
| [St Peter's Church of England Primary School (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)](/school/145671/st-peter-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.94 | Good |
| [Teesville Academy (Middlesbrough)](/school/146887/teesville-academy) | 0.90 | Good |
| [Westgarth Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145661/westgarth-primary-school) | 1.00 | Not judged |
| [Whale Hill Primary School (Middlesbrough)](/school/147393/whale-hill-primary-school) | 0.95 | Strong standard |
| [Wheatlands Primary School (Redcar)](/school/145668/wheatlands-primary-school) | 0.96 | School remains Good |
| [Whitecliffe Academy (Saltburn-By-The-Sea)](/school/143619/whitecliffe-academy) | - | Standards maintained |
| [Wilton Primary Academy (Redcar)](/school/146067/wilton-primary-academy) | 1.25 | School remains Good |
| [Zetland Primary School (Redcar)](/school/143478/zetland-primary-school) | 0.89 | Standards maintained |

## Secondary

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [Freebrough Academy (Saltburn-By-the-Sea)](/school/147541/freebrough-academy) | 0.93 | Outstanding |
| [Huntcliff School (Saltburn By the Sea)](/school/148335/huntcliff-school) | 1.04 | Good |
| [Laurence Jackson School (Guisborough)](/school/147724/laurence-jackson-school) | 0.97 | Good |
| [Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form (Middlesbrough)](/school/138845/nunthorpe-school-sixth-form) | 0.75 | Requires improvement |
| [Outwood Academy Bydales (Redcar)](/school/141399/outwood-academy-bydales) | 0.97 | Not judged |
| [Outwood Academy Normanby (Middlesbrough)](/school/147544/outwood-academy-normanby) | 0.87 | Inadequate |
| [Outwood Academy Redcar (Redcar)](/school/145188/outwood-academy-redcar) | 0.86 | Needs attention |
| [Rye Hills Academy (Redcar)](/school/148728/rye-hills-academy) | 0.96 | Good |
| [Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary (Redcar)](/school/142273/sacred-heart-catholic-secondary) | 1.14 | Good |
| [St Peter's Catholic College (Middlesbrough)](/school/140751/st-peter-s-catholic-college) | 1.40 | Good |

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