Schools near Redcar
22 open schools in Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Redcar and Cleveland schools · grammar schools in Redcar
Redcar has 22 state schools: 16 primary, 4 secondary, part of Redcar and Cleveland's wider catchment. 19 have a published Ofsted rating, and 16 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding
These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.
How places are allocated in Redcar and Cleveland
Primary schools: LA maintained primary criteria prioritise children permanently resident in the school's defined 'admission zone' before distance. (source)
Secondary schools: Admission zones / catchments are used across the borough's maintained pattern; many academies mirror the LA zone wording. (source)
Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.
Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 31 October 2027 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2028 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 1 March 2028 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 17 April 2028 |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 1 March 2027 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 16 April 2027 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 31 October 2025 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2026 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2 March 2026 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 16 April 2026 (passed) |
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