School profile
River Tees Academy Grangetown
170a Overdale Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA
Overview
River Tees Academy Grangetown is a special / send school (free schools special) in Middlesbrough, North East, for pupils aged 5–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Free schools special
- Establishment group
- Free Schools
- Age range
- Ages 5–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 58
- URN
- 149101
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Academy trust or group
- RIVER TEES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2024/25 results
This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.
| Measure | School |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 17.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 1.02 |
| Entering the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths | 0% |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths | 0% |
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 10 June 2025 · Published 15 July 2025
Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)
Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- 170a Overdale Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
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