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Chandlers Ridge Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Chandlers Ridge, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough TS7 0JL · chandlersridge.org.uk · 01642 312741
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 82%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 348
- 93% of 376 places
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.2%
- First language not English
- 6.9%
- 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, 32 families put the school first and 35 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 | 35 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 82% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 22% 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 | |||
| ▲82% | 62% | ||
| ▲22% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 138656)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Chandlers Ridge 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: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 138656), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Good
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 Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138656)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 45
- 12% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied