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Easterside Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Erith Grove, Easterside, Middlesbrough TS4 3RG · eastersideacademy.co.uk · 01642 273006
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Middlesbrough 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Middlesbrough Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 296
- 2 over 294 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 51.4%
- First language not English
- 7.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Middlesbrough Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 38 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 38 | 30 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 34 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 36 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Middlesbrough it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Easterside Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Oct 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 25
- 7% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied