River Tees Academy Grangetown
River Tees Academy Grangetown is a special free school in Middlesbrough for boys and girls aged 5 to 19. It has 58 pupils and room for 100. About 74 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
170a Overdale Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA01642 203873grangetown.rtmat.org.uk/app/os#!/homeMrs Leanne Chilton headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 10 June 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
8 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 8 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 17.1 | 44.7 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 0% | 46% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 0% | 66% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 1.02 | 3.97 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 38% | 41% |
Subjects
Results came out for 5 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 53% | – |
| English Literature | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 58% | – |
| English Language | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 54% | – |
| Combined Science | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 36% | – |
| Art and Design | 8 | 0% | 25% | 50% | 58% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025
3 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way.
All Year 6 measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils tested | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | – |
There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Redcar and Cleveland council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (33), Autistic spectrum disorder (19), Moderate learning difficulty (5), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 58 | 52 | 40 | 27 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 74% | 77% | 80% | 82% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 2% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 87.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 12.6% | 5.7% | 10.9% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 7.6% | 3.6% | 7.2% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 5.0% | 2.1% | 3.7% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 32.8% | 21.4% | 28.1% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 11.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Tees Hospital School | Academy alternative provision converter | 0 m | 9 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Park End Primary School | Council | 280 m | 608 | Good 2022 | 15 | Compare |
| St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 410 m | 194 | Good 2023 | 16 | Compare |
| Lift Unity City | Academy | 490 m | 1,033 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| River Tees Secondary Academy | Academy alternative provision converter | 690 m | 150 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Pallister Park Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 600 | Good 2024 | 36 | Compare |
| Berwick Hills Primary School | Foundation | 0.7 miles | 321 | Good 2023 | 10 | Compare |
| River Tees Primary Academy | Academy alternative provision converter | 0.8 miles | 7 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is River Tees Academy Grangetown a good school?
River Tees Academy Grangetown doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in June 2025.
What is River Tees Academy Grangetown's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated River Tees Academy Grangetown not judged at its last full inspection on 10 June 2025.
How good are River Tees Academy Grangetown's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 17.1, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does River Tees Academy Grangetown have?
58 pupils aged 5 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 100 places, so it is 58% full.
What is attendance like at River Tees Academy Grangetown?
Pupils were in school 87.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 33% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does River Tees Academy Grangetown have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 170a Overdale Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA
- Telephone
- 01642 203873
- Website
- grangetown.rtmat.org.uk/app/os#!/home
- Headteacher
- Mrs Leanne Chilton
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- River Tees Multi-Academy Trust (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Ward
- Park End & Beckfield
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2022 (academy free school)
- URN
- 149101 · LAESTAB 8077001 · UKPRN 10090884
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Year 6 results: DfE key stage 2 tables, 2024/25.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.