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Secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland

Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.

What the data says

Redcar and Cleveland has 10 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 1,586 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 85% stayed in education (England 86%): 6% in a school sixth form, 28% at a sixth form college, 50% at a further education college.

4% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.

After sixth form, 49% of students in Redcar and Cleveland went to university (England 37%), and 17% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).

GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 44.4 against 46.1 for England; 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).

After Year 11: Redcar and Cleveland against England

Redcar and Cleveland
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRedcar and ClevelandEngland
Pupils in the cohort1,586607,348
Stayed in education85%86%
— school sixth form6%34%
— sixth form college28%13%
— further education college50%37%
Apprenticeship4%3%
Employment3%3%
No sustained destination7%6%

Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went

One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.

Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form → School sixth form: about 77 pupils (27% of 287)Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form → Sixth form college: about 29 pupils (10% of 287)Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form → Further education college: about 132 pupils (46% of 287)Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form → Other education: about 3 pupils (1% of 287)Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form → Apprenticeship: about 17 pupils (6% of 287)Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form → Employment: about 6 pupils (2% of 287)Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form → No sustained destination: about 20 pupils (7% of 287)Laurence Jackson School → Sixth form college: about 80 pupils (34% of 235)Laurence Jackson School → Further education college: about 118 pupils (50% of 235)Laurence Jackson School → Apprenticeship: about 7 pupils (3% of 235)Laurence Jackson School → Employment: about 12 pupils (5% of 235)Laurence Jackson School → No sustained destination: about 14 pupils (6% of 235)Outwood Academy Bydales → School sixth form: about 4 pupils (2% of 175)Outwood Academy Bydales → Sixth form college: about 77 pupils (44% of 175)Outwood Academy Bydales → Further education college: about 68 pupils (39% of 175)Outwood Academy Bydales → Other education: about 2 pupils (1% of 175)Outwood Academy Bydales → Apprenticeship: about 11 pupils (6% of 175)Outwood Academy Bydales → Employment: about 9 pupils (5% of 175)Outwood Academy Bydales → No sustained destination: about 5 pupils (3% of 175)Freebrough Academy → Sixth form college: about 49 pupils (30% of 162)Freebrough Academy → Further education college: about 78 pupils (48% of 162)Freebrough Academy → Apprenticeship: about 6 pupils (4% of 162)Freebrough Academy → Employment: about 5 pupils (3% of 162)Freebrough Academy → No sustained destination: about 19 pupils (12% of 162)Rye Hills Academy → Sixth form college: about 43 pupils (29% of 147)Rye Hills Academy → Further education college: about 79 pupils (54% of 147)Rye Hills Academy → Apprenticeship: about 9 pupils (6% of 147)Rye Hills Academy → Employment: about 4 pupils (3% of 147)Rye Hills Academy → No sustained destination: about 10 pupils (7% of 147)Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary → School sixth form: about 4 pupils (3% of 139)Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary → Sixth form college: about 61 pupils (44% of 139)Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary → Further education college: about 68 pupils (49% of 139)Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary → Apprenticeship: about 3 pupils (2% of 139)Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary → No sustained destination: about 3 pupils (2% of 139)Outwood Academy Normanby → School sixth form: about 1 pupils (1% of 122)Outwood Academy Normanby → Sixth form college: about 18 pupils (15% of 122)Outwood Academy Normanby → Further education college: about 71 pupils (58% of 122)Outwood Academy Normanby → Other education: about 2 pupils (2% of 122)Outwood Academy Normanby → Apprenticeship: about 4 pupils (3% of 122)Outwood Academy Normanby → Employment: about 2 pupils (2% of 122)Outwood Academy Normanby → No sustained destination: about 18 pupils (15% of 122)St Peter's Catholic College → School sixth form: about 1 pupils (1% of 98)St Peter's Catholic College → Sixth form college: about 15 pupils (15% of 98)St Peter's Catholic College → Further education college: about 65 pupils (66% of 98)St Peter's Catholic College → Apprenticeship: about 1 pupils (1% of 98)St Peter's Catholic College → Employment: about 4 pupils (4% of 98)St Peter's Catholic College → No sustained destination: about 9 pupils (9% of 98)Huntcliff School → School sixth form: about 2 pupils (2% of 95)Huntcliff School → Sixth form college: about 42 pupils (44% of 95)Huntcliff School → Further education college: about 46 pupils (48% of 95)Huntcliff School → Apprenticeship: about 3 pupils (3% of 95)Huntcliff School → No sustained destination: about 1 pupils (1% of 95)Outwood Academy Redcar → Sixth form college: about 18 pupils (20% of 89)Outwood Academy Redcar → Further education college: about 57 pupils (64% of 89)Outwood Academy Redcar → Other education: about 1 pupils (1% of 89)Outwood Academy Redcar → Apprenticeship: about 1 pupils (1% of 89)Outwood Academy Redcar → Employment: about 2 pupils (2% of 89)Outwood Academy Redcar → No sustained destination: about 6 pupils (7% of 89)Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form: 287 pupilsNunthorpe School & Sixth Form 287Laurence Jackson School: 235 pupilsLaurence Jackson School 235Outwood Academy Bydales: 175 pupilsOutwood Academy Bydales 175Freebrough Academy: 162 pupilsFreebrough Academy 162Rye Hills Academy: 147 pupilsRye Hills Academy 147Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary: 139 pupilsSacred Heart Catholic Secondary 139Outwood Academy Normanby: 122 pupilsOutwood Academy Normanby 122St Peter's Catholic College: 98 pupilsSt Peter's Catholic College 98Huntcliff School: 95 pupilsHuntcliff School 95Outwood Academy Redcar: 89 pupilsOutwood Academy Redcar 89School sixth form: 89 pupils (6% of Redcar and Cleveland’s leavers)School sixth form 89Sixth form college: 432 pupils (28% of Redcar and Cleveland’s leavers)Sixth form college 432Further education college: 782 pupils (50% of Redcar and Cleveland’s leavers)Further education college 782Other education: 8 pupils (1% of Redcar and Cleveland’s leavers)Apprenticeship: 62 pupils (4% of Redcar and Cleveland’s leavers)Employment: 44 pupils (3% of Redcar and Cleveland’s leavers)No sustained destination: 105 pupils (7% of Redcar and Cleveland’s leavers)No sustained destination 105
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination

Map of secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland

Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

State-funded secondary schools (10)

Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Freebrough AcademyAcademy sponsor led81478%0%48%4%—46.460%
Huntcliff SchoolAcademy sponsor led54495%2%48%3%—49.357%
Laurence Jackson SchoolAcademy sponsor led1,24786%—50%3%—47.948%
Nunthorpe School & Sixth FormAcademy converter · sixth form1,32184%27%46%6%59%47.045%
Outwood Academy BydalesAcademy sponsor led83285%2%39%6%—46.656%
Outwood Academy NormanbyAcademy sponsor led78775%1%58%3%—35.430%
Outwood Academy RedcarAcademy sponsor led65685%0%64%1%—37.333%
Rye Hills AcademyAcademy sponsor led76382%0%54%6%—51.956%
Sacred Heart Catholic SecondaryAcademy converter73796%3%49%2%—50.456%
St Peter's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter57283%1%66%1%—34.324%

Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (9)

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Old Farm Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form · selective56—————6.90%
Outwood Alternative Provision Estonindependent · Other independent school104—————1.40%
Progress Schools - Tees Valleyindependent · Other independent school18—————2.20%
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form Collegesixth form · Academy 16-19 converter0————49%——
Invested Educationspecial · Other independent special school18—————7.40%
Kirkleatham Hall Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form215100%0%0%0%———
Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academystate · Academy special converter · sixth form197100%0%11%0%———
Mo Mowlam Academystate · Academy special sponsor led10165%0%41%0%———
River Tees Academy Grangetownstate · Free schools special · sixth form58—————17.10%

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