Chandlers Ridge Academy, Middlesbrough

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Chandlers Ridge Academy on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils in all year groups achieve well from their starting points, developing a thorough knowledge and understanding across all subjects."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "There is a culture of attendance being ‘everybody's business' in this school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a well-considered curriculum across all subjects so that pupils' knowledge builds as they progress through the school."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school is a welcoming community where every pupil is valued and supported to succeed."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders, including governors, have a clear and ambitious vision for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have a thoughtfully designed personal development programme that aims to equip pupils with the knowledge, skills and attitude to become confident members of society."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a secure start to their education in the early years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed the changes to the mathematics curriculum so that more pupils consistently recall multiplication facts and achieve well in national tests"; "Leaders should maximise children's learning opportunities in the early years provision, ensuring that opportunities to learn outdoors are of the same high quality as those found indoors".

In its own words: "In line with the Department for Education document: Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools, department advice for maintained schools, November 2014. At Chandlers Ridge Academy, we have a strong and organic culture weaved through everything that we do."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and running.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils at Chandlers Ridge Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 88% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Middlesbrough and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 96% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Chandlers Ridge Academy as their first choice and 81 named it as one of their preferences, for 35 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Chandlers Ridge Academy are St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 79% reading, 64% maths); The Avenue Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 84% reading, 87% maths); Nunthorpe Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 87% maths); and Lingfield Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 89% reading, 100% maths).

Chandlers Ridge Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Chandlers Ridge Academy is one of 15 schools run by Spark Education Trust, an academy trust.

9.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (86%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 38 pupils (10.9%) received SEN support and 7 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Nunthorpe Rail Station, about 600 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Avenue South End (nw bound), 290 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Chandlers Ridge Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 85 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Middlesbrough (532).

Chandlers Ridge Academy recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.