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Outwood Academy Redcar
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Kirkleatham Lane, Redcar TS10 4AB · redcar.outwood.com · 01642 289211
On the mapSearch near TS10 4AB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 37.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Redcar and Cleveland 44.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 656
- 76% of 862 places
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 52.6%
- First language not English
- 4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 117 families put the school first and 136 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 | 136 | 117 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 133 | 118 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 151 | 136 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 147 | 118 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 144 | 109 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.3, and 33.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼37.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼53.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼24.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.43 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139028)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 27.5 | +14.9 |
| Further education | 59.2 | −1 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | −1.2 |
| Employment | 0.8 | −5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.7 | −7.9 |
| Activity not captured | 4.2 | +0.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Outwood Academy Redcar on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139028), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2015Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139028)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 16
- 3% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on 4 parents (25%) whose child was bullied
based on 7 parents (44%) with SEND