Schools in Middlesbrough
61 schools in the Middlesbrough local authority.
Schools
61
Open schools
Pupils
25,595
2025–26 census
Good or better
96%
48 of 50 graded
Academic Performance
4.5
out of 10 · 58 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 1 2%
- Good
- 47 94%
- Requires improvement
- 1 2%
- Inadequate
- 1 2%
5 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card6 not judged1 in a category of concern
4.5
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 58 of 61 schools that can be scored
Pupils
25,595
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 60 of 61 schools (25,595 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
68%Asian
12%Black
8%Mixed
6%Chinese
<1%Any other group
5%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 57 of 61 schools (25,480 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 44.3%
- First language not English
- 22.2%
- Young carers
- <1%
11,291 of 25,480 pupils · 57 of 61 schools
5,656 of 25,480 pupils · 57 of 61 schools
161 of 25,480 pupils · 57 of 61 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 41
- Secondary
- 8
- Special
- 6
- PRU
- 3
- Not recorded
- 3
Top primary schools in Middlesbrough
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Linthorpe Community Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Lingfield Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary8.8/10Good
- 3.St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary8.8/10Good
- 4.Chandlers Ridge AcademyMiddlesbrough · Primary8.5/10Good
- 5.Beech Grove Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary8.4/10Good
- 6.Captain Cook Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary8.4/10Good
- 7.Kader AcademyMiddlesbrough · Primary8.4/10Good
- 8.The Avenue Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary8.1/10Good
- 9.Marton Manor Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary7.4/10
- 10.St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary7.4/10Good
- 11.Whinney Banks Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary7.3/10
- 12.Brambles Primary AcademyMiddlesbrough · Primary7.2/10
- 13.Archibald Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary6.6/10Good
- 14.St Clare's RC Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary6.5/10Good
- 15.Rose Wood AcademyMiddlesbrough · Primary6.4/10Good
- 16.North Ormesby Primary AcademyMiddlesbrough · Primary6.0/10
- 17.St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary5.8/10Good
- 18.Thorntree AcademyMiddlesbrough · Primary5.6/10Good
- 19.Abingdon Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary5.5/10Good
- 20.Acklam Whin Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · Primary5.5/10Good
Top secondary schools in Middlesbrough
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Acklam Grange SchoolMiddlesbrough · Secondary7.0/10Good
- 2.Macmillan AcademyMiddlesbrough · Secondary6.4/10Good
- 3.Outwood Academy AcklamMiddlesbrough · Secondary5.7/10
- 4.Trinity Catholic CollegeMiddlesbrough · Secondary3.5/10
- 5.Outwood Academy RiversideMiddlesbrough · Secondary2.9/10Good
- 6.The King's AcademyMiddlesbrough · Secondary2.0/10Good
- 7.Unity City AcademyMiddlesbrough · Secondary1.3/10Good
- 8.Outwood Academy OrmesbyMiddlesbrough · Secondary0.1/10Inadequate
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About schools in Middlesbrough
- How many schools are there in Middlesbrough?
- Middlesbrough has 61 open schools — 41 primary, 8 secondary, 6 special, teaching 25,595 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Middlesbrough are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 48 of the 50 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 1 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 61: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Middlesbrough?
- 4.5 out of 10, averaged across the 58 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Middlesbrough schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 11 schools in Middlesbrough currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Middlesbrough local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Middlesbrough covers 61 schools and sits in the North East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Middlesbrough are eligible for free school meals?
- 44.3% — 11,291 of 25,480 pupils at the 57 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North East region.