Overall Oxbridge
#1,109
2 ranked schools · -195 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
9
Offers
2
Offer rate22.2%
-0.2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
The largest settlement in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, this market town of around 85,000 people sits on the northern bank of the River Tees in County Durham, anchoring the Tees Valley urban cluster inland from the North Sea. The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened here in 1825 as the world's first permanent steam-powered passenger railway, fixing Stockton's identity as a place where industry and innovation arrived early. That character endures. Egglescliffe and Thornaby extend the residential offer along both banks of the river.
Eaglescliffe is widely regarded as one of Stockton's most school-competitive corners, drawing families pursuing primary and secondary catchments, while Norton and Sedgefield pull parents to sought-after school zones to the north and west. Northern Rail services from Stockton station reach Newcastle Central in under an hour.
Area Performance
Across 62 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.55/10, +0.17 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Stockton-on-Tees schools
Stockton-on-Tees vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Stockton-on-Tees schools
top 47% of 14,978
top 47% of 14,978
top 45% of 3,862
top 45% of 3,862
top 43% of 2,555
top 43% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
2 ranked schools · -195 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
9
Offers
2
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
4
Offers
0
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · +37 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
5
Offers
2
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