River Tees Hospital School
River Tees Hospital School is an academy alternative provision converter in Middlesbrough for boys and girls aged 5 to 18. It has 9 pupils and room for 59. About 33 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
170a Overdale Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA01642 203876hospital.rtmat.org.uk/app/os#!/homeMr Adam Burns headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 4 July 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
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 Middlesbrough 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: Autistic spectrum disorder (5), emotional and mental health (4).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 9 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 36 | 13 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 33% | 67% | 0% | 41% | 69% | 77% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 8% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 8% | 3% | 15% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 14% | 31% | 54% |
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 primary 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 Academy Grangetown | Free school | 0 m | 58 | No overall grade 2025 | – | 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 Hospital School a good school?
River Tees Hospital School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in July 2024.
What is River Tees Hospital School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated River Tees Hospital School good at its last full inspection on 4 July 2024.
How many pupils does River Tees Hospital School have?
9 pupils aged 5 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 59 places, so it is 15% full.
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 203876
- Website
- hospital.rtmat.org.uk/app/os#!/home
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Burns
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- River Tees Multi-Academy Trust (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Ward
- Park End & Beckfield
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2016 (academy converter)
- URN
- 142502 · LAESTAB 8061100 · UKPRN 10054996
- Formerly
- Parkwood
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.
- 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.