Rye Hills Academy
Redcar, TS10 2HN · Redcar and Cleveland · secondary school
3rd 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 — 8.1/10 against 771 of them, against 6.8/10 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
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 55.6 · 75 | 30% | 2.26 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.06 · 55 | 25% | 1.36 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 51.9 · 77 | 10% | 0.77 |
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. The school is rated Good by Ofsted, inspected in 2024. In 2024/25, 55.6% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 51.9, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.06 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (8.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 6.8 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join Art Club, Kindness Club, Plot Twist Society, Codebreaking & Puzzle Club, Board Games Club, History Club, Retro games club, and Spill the Ink. Sports include Football, Netball, Mixed Touch Rugby, and Fitness. Arts and music activities feature Choir, The Little Mermaid, Stage Makers, and DofE. An after-school club is available.
Getting in. There are 789 pupils in a school with 1175 places, leaving 386 spare places. 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 do teachers manage class sizes given the significant spare capacity? What specific support is available for pupils aiming to improve their Progress 8 scores? How does the school integrate the various clubs into the wider curriculum?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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