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Outwood Academy Bydales
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Coast Road, Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar TS11 6AR · bydales.outwood.com · 01642 474000
On the mapSearch near TS11 6AR
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Redcar and Cleveland 44.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 832
- 32 over 800 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 26%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 136 families put the school first and 140 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 | 140 | 136 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 148 | 147 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 178 | 183 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 177 | 182 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 177 | 199 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.6, and 55.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Redcar and Cleveland it was 44.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲55.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲72.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲58.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.50 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.7 | −1 |
| Sixth form college | 37.4 | −10.9 |
| Further education | 49.7 | +12.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.7 | −1.8 |
| Employment | 2.7 | +0.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.1 | −0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2.7 | +1.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Outwood Academy Bydales on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 18 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111729), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111729)
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (113 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 113
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (19%) with SEND