Overall Oxbridge
#1,314
4 ranked schools · -400 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
19
Offers
3
Offer rate15.8%
-6.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
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.
60
Primary
schools
14
Secondary
schools
2
Post-16
colleges
8
Special
schools
6
Other
schools
of which8sixth forms·21faith90 total
Area Performance
Middlesbrough schools rank in the top 54% 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
EliteExcellentGoodDevelopingRebuilding
Middlesbrough vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 54%
Across all ranked Middlesbrough schools
Top 49%Primaryavg #7,332 of 14,978
Top 72%Secondaryavg #2,798 of 3,862
Top 68%Sixth formavg #1,743 of 2,555
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
#7,332
+1 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 49% of 14,978
% 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
#7,332
+1 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 49% of 14,978
% 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
-1.30 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,798
-22 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 72% of 3,862
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
33.6
-5.5 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.1/10
-1.30 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,798
-22 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 72% of 3,862
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
#1,743
-18 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 68% of 2,555
% 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
#1,743
-18 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 68% of 2,555
% 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%
Oxford
#287
3 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
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 1,880
Applications
7
Offers
3
Offer rate42.9%
+13.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
2026
Middlesbrough
Top 3 Secondary Schools
2026
Middlesbrough
Top 3 Sixth Forms
2026
Middlesbrough
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