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River Tees Secondary Academy

Alternative provisionAges 11–16Academy

Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD · Middlesbrough local authority

Middlesbrough’s School Grade C+ better than 41% of towns in England

How full
150 pupils
167% of its 90 places
Free school meals
57%
57 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about River Tees Secondary Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 150 pupils for 90 places
  • 57% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TS3 8) sold for a median £100,000; Middlesbrough’s is £155,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

135 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
3.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
17%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
80.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 45%Boys 55%
Its letter

No letter for River Tees Secondary Academy

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t 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 (no overall grade since September 2024), February 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near River Tees Secondary Academy

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

Home prices in TS3 8, the school’s postcode sector

Middlesbrough property prices →
£100,000
median sale, 80 sales in 36 months · Middlesbrough £155,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£0K£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025TS3 8Middlesbrough
TS3 8Middlesbrough

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£180K
Semi-detached
£110K
Terraced
£83K
TS3 8Middlesbrough

Homes in TS3 8 sell for well under Middlesbrough’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

27 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAD−C−DD−ACDB−ACBDC−DB−B−DC−CDC−B+DB+CBRiver Tees Secondary Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD

River Tees Secondary Academy: common questions

What is River Tees Secondary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (February 2025).

How much do houses cost near River Tees Secondary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, TS3 8, sold for a median £100,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (80 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; Middlesbrough’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.