Huntcliff School
Academy sponsor led · 544 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3
Academy sponsor led
Freebrough Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 814of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 40.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 142
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 10 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Freebrough Academy (URN 136139, until 1 September 2019).
What the data says
Freebrough Academy has no sixth form. Of the 162 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 48% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Redcar and Cleveland and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Freebrough Academy | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 162 | 1,586 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 48% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Freebrough Academy | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.4 | 44.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 47% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.27 | 3.94 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.6 | 32.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.6 | 49.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 3% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 140 | 99% | 89% | 25% | 20% | 78% |
| Mathematics | 140 | 99% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 76% |
| English Literature | 139 | 98% | 86% | 26% | 21% | 83% |
| Combined Science | 111 | 78% | 65% | 15% | 9% | 66% |
| Geography | 76 | 54% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 55% |
| French | 67 | 47% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 84% |
| History | 63 | 44% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 56% |
| Art and Design | 29 | 20% | 7% | 3% | 24% | 72% |
| Biology | 25 | 18% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 24 | 17% | 23% | 42% | 47% | 96% |
| Physics | 24 | 17% | 23% | 33% | 46% | 92% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 16 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 13 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 8 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
Laurence Jackson School
Academy sponsor led · 1,247 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.9
Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,321 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Outwood Academy Bydales
Academy sponsor led · 832 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
Outwood Academy Normanby
Academy sponsor led · 787 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.4
Outwood Academy Redcar
Academy sponsor led · 656 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.