Priory Woods School

State-Funded School

priory-woods-school-middlesbrough-north-east

North EastRegion

MiddlesbroughLocal Authority

Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandConstituency

TS3 0RHPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Priory Woods School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Middlesbrough, North East.

It currently serves 205 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

14%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

205

Total Pupils

68%Boys

32%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

65%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 205
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
22 Jan 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
28 Mar 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.