Abbey Hill Academy
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Abbey Hill Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Stockton-on-Tees, North East.
The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 371 pupils. Abbey Hill Academy is part of Horizons Specialist Academy Trust.
Ofsted Rating
9
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Sixth formprovision
Outstanding
Academic Performance
Well below average
Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25
- Attainment 8
- 1
- EBacc average point score
- 0.08
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
72%Boys
28%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 11 – 19
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 371
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
- MAT name
- Horizons Specialist Academy Trust
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
Standards maintained
Ungraded inspection on 9 July 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2015 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Good |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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