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Hemlington Hall Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Briscoe Way, Hemlington, Middlesbrough TS8 9SJ · hemlingtonhallacademy.co.uk · 01642 591171
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Middlesbrough 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.71 mi
- 1.13 km · Reception, September 2024 entry · Middlesbrough Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 272
- 71% of 385 places
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.8%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2024, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.71 mi (1.13 km) from the school. Source: Middlesbrough Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 83% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 0.71 mi1.13 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% 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 | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140541)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hemlington Hall Academy on 28 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 140541), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140541)
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 27
- 8% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied