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Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy

Special schoolAges 3–19AcademySixth form

Brotton, TS12 2UW · Redcar and Cleveland local authority

Brotton’s School Grade A− better than 83% of towns in England

How full
197 pupils
116% of its 170 places
Free school meals
46%
46 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 197 pupils for 170 places
  • 46% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, May 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TS12 2) sold for a median £167,750; Brotton’s is £151,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

189 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
4.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
95.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
43.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 30%Boys 70%
Its letter

No letter for Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, May 2022. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), October 2019.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in TS12 2, the school’s postcode sector

Brotton property prices →
£167,750
median sale, 540 sales in 36 months · Brotton £151,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025TS12 2Brotton
TS12 2Brotton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£263K
Semi-detached
£162K
Terraced
£96K
Flat
£111K
TS12 2Brotton

Homes in TS12 2 sell for a little over Brotton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBA+C+BAB+Kilton Thorpe Specialist Ac…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Brotton, TS12 2UW

Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy: common questions

What is Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (May 2022).

How much do houses cost near Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, TS12 2, sold for a median £167,750 over the 36 months to August 2026 (540 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Brotton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.