Schools in Redcar and Cleveland
64 schools in the Redcar and Cleveland local authority.
Schools
64
Open schools
Pupils
20,593
2025–26 census
Good or better
89%
50 of 56 graded
Academic Performance
5.2
out of 10 · 63 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 5 9%
- Good
- 45 80%
- Requires improvement
- 3 5%
- Inadequate
- 3 5%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade4 superseded by a report card2 not judged1 in a category of concern
5.2
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 63 of 64 schools that can be scored
Pupils
20,593
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
93%Asian
1%Black
1%Mixed
3%Chinese
<1%Any other group
<1%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 59 of 64 schools (20,359 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 33.5%
- First language not English
- 3.4%
- Young carers
- 1.3%
6,819 of 20,359 pupils · 59 of 64 schools
686 of 20,359 pupils · 59 of 64 schools
274 of 20,359 pupils · 59 of 64 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 44
- Secondary
- 10
- Special
- 4
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 5
Top primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Nunthorpe Primary AcademyRedcar and Cleveland · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyRedcar and Cleveland · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Badger Hill AcademyRedcar and Cleveland · Primary9.0/10Good
- 4.Newcomen Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary9.0/10
- 5.Lockwood Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary8.9/10Good
- 6.Bankfields Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary8.4/10Good
- 7.Saltburn Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary8.3/10Good
- 8.St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary8.3/10Good
- 9.Wheatlands Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary8.3/10Good
- 10.St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary8.1/10Outstanding
- 11.Westgarth Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary8.0/10
- 12.Green Gates Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary7.9/10Good
- 13.Handale Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary7.7/10Good
- 14.Whitecliffe AcademyRedcar and Cleveland · Primary7.7/10Good
- 15.Whale Hill Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary7.5/10Good
- 16.Ings Farm Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary7.2/10Good
- 17.Normanby Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary6.7/10Good
- 18.St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary6.7/10Good
- 19.Coatham Church of England Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary6.6/10Good
- 20.Belmont Primary SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Primary6.5/10Good
Top secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Freebrough AcademyRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.Rye Hills AcademyRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary8.0/10Good
- 3.Huntcliff SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary7.6/10Good
- 4.Outwood Academy BydalesRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary7.5/10
- 5.Sacred Heart Catholic SecondaryRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary7.5/10Good
- 6.Laurence Jackson SchoolRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary6.6/10Good
- 7.Outwood Academy RedcarRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary2.1/10Good
- 8.St Peter's Catholic CollegeRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary1.3/10Good
- 9.Nunthorpe AcademyRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary0.7/10Requires improvement
- 10.Outwood Academy NormanbyRedcar and Cleveland · Secondary0.1/10Inadequate
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About schools in Redcar and Cleveland
- How many schools are there in Redcar and Cleveland?
- Redcar and Cleveland has 64 open schools — 44 primary, 10 secondary, 4 special, teaching 20,593 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Redcar and Cleveland are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 50 of the 56 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 89% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 5 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 64: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Redcar and Cleveland?
- 5.2 out of 10, averaged across the 63 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 Redcar and Cleveland schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 8 schools in Redcar and Cleveland 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 Redcar and Cleveland 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. Redcar and Cleveland covers 64 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 Redcar and Cleveland are eligible for free school meals?
- 33.5% — 6,819 of 20,359 pupils at the 59 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.