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Best secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland

10 of 12 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Redcar and Cleveland schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 8 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Freebrough Academy Saltburn-By-the-Sea hidden gem 0.28 Outstanding about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Rye Hills Academy Redcar hidden gem 0.06 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Outwood Academy Bydales Redcar 0.03 Not judged about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Huntcliff School Saltburn By the Sea -0.11 Good about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Laurence Jackson School Guisborough hidden gem -0.17 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary Redcar -0.21 Good improving about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Nunthorpe Academy Middlesbrough -0.44 Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 St Peter's Catholic College Middlesbrough -0.46 Good improving oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Outwood Academy Redcar Redcar hidden gem -1.02 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Outwood Academy Normanby Middlesbrough -1.34 Inadequate about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Redcar and Cleveland

2 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Redcar and Cleveland, not a fairer one.

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