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Outwood Academy Redcar

Redcar, TS10 4AB · Redcar and Cleveland · secondary school

Ofsted: Good · 2022 Inspected 4 years ago Mixed Secondary
2.6/10 Below average

8th of 10 secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 3.0/10 against 294 of them, against 1.4/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 52 33% 1.72
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 33.3 · 24 31% 0.73
Progress 8 2023/24 -1.02 · 2 26% 0.06
Attainment 8 2024/25 37.3 · 11 10% 0.11

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 33.3% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 37.3, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -1.02 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than nationally similar peers. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (3.0 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.4 out of 10 against all schools). Ofsted rated the school Good in January 2022.

Getting in. The school has 614 pupils in a capacity of 862 places, leaving 248 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between their current attainment and the national median? What specific steps are being taken to improve Progress 8 scores? How does the school utilise its significant spare capacity to enhance the learning environment?

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