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The Grangefield Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Oxbridge Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 4LE · tga.northerneducationtrust.org · 01642 353637
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Stockton-on-Tees 45, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,004
- 96% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 45%
- First language not English
- 16.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 185 families put the school first and 195 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 195 | 185 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 201 | 230 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 205 | 199 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 205 | 179 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 207 | 201 | 1 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.3, and 50.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Stockton-on-Tees it was 45, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲50.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼37.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.15 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.1 | 0 |
| Sixth form college | 33.2 | +11 |
| Further education | 52.4 | −6.9 |
| Employment | 3.2 | +0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.9 | −3.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | +2.7 |
Ofsted
The Grangefield Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 7 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 7 Dec 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Dec 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2021Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 63
- 6% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (33%) with SEND