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EnglandMiddlesbrough

Schools in Middlesbrough

Around 148,000 people call the borough home.

Founded in 1830 as a planned coal-shipping port on the River Tees, Middlesbrough grew within a generation from a bare riverbank into North Yorkshire's largest industrial town. Linthorpe and Acklam are the borough's most school-competitive residential areas, stretching south of the town centre through Victorian and inter-war streets. Coulby Newham draws families competing for primary places on the town's newer southern edge, and has grown into one of the borough's larger residential districts. Nunthorpe and Hemlington extend the residential fringe beyond the urban core, with calmer surroundings popular with families. Rail services from Middlesbrough station connect into the TransPennine Express network, with journeys reaching Leeds in around an hour and Newcastle in around forty minutes.

Area Performance

Middlesbrough schools rank in the top 53% of England

Across 82 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.16/10, -0.23 vs England.

Find My School Inspection Band

7% Elite

Distribution across all Middlesbrough schools

7%
35%
51%
EliteExcellentGoodDevelopingRebuilding

Middlesbrough vs England distribution

National Rank

Top 53%

Across all ranked Middlesbrough schools

Top 49%Primaryavg #7,279 of 14,873
Top 71%Secondaryavg #2,612 of 3,671
Top 69%Sixth formavg #1,557 of 2,262

Primary schools: 60 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.4/10
+0.08 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,279
+1 pts vs medianmedian 7,437

top 49% of 14,873

% reaching expected RWM standardstate
63%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
7%
-1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.4/10
+0.08 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,279
+1 pts vs medianmedian 7,437

top 49% of 14,873

% reaching expected RWM standardstate
63%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
7%
-1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%

Secondary schools: 14 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.1/10
-1.29 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,612
-21 pts vs medianmedian 1,836

top 71% of 3,671

Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
33.6
-5.5 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.1/10
-1.29 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,612
-21 pts vs medianmedian 1,836

top 71% of 3,671

Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
33.6
-5.5 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1

Sixth form schools: 8 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.0/10
-0.74 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,557
-19 pts vs medianmedian 1,131

top 69% of 2,262

% A*-A at A-Level
18%
-7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
44%
-7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.0/10
-0.74 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,557
-19 pts vs medianmedian 1,131

top 69% of 2,262

% A*-A at A-Level
18%
-7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
44%
-7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%

Overall Oxbridge

#1,314

4 ranked schools · -400 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984

Applications

19

Offers

3

Offer rate15.8%
-6.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%

Oxford

#287

3 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198

Applications

12

Offers

0

Offer rate0.0%
-15.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%

Cambridge

#612

3 ranked schools · +161 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881

Applications

7

Offers

3

Offer rate42.9%
+13.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
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