Freebrough Academy, Saltburn-By-the-Sea

In 2026, pupils at Freebrough Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in Redcar and Cleveland and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Redcar and Cleveland and 47% in England.

That is down from 46.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.28: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.4, against 50 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Hospitality and Catering.

For September 2026 entry, 135 families put Freebrough Academy as their first choice and 181 named it as one of their preferences, for 145 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 secondary schools to Freebrough Academy are Huntcliff School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7); Outwood Academy Bydales (3.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 50.4); and Laurence Jackson School (4.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.4).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Freebrough Academy.

Freebrough Academy is one of 30 schools run by Northern Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 141 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 65% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

40.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 0.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Freebrough Academy has a resourced provision (10 places, 38 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (10 places, 38 pupils on roll) for autism.

Freebrough Academy had 39 teachers in 2026, one for every 21 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Saltburn Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Laurel Crescent (b), 180 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 46 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Redcar and Cleveland (174).

In 2024/25, Freebrough Academy issued 1640 suspensions, 199.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Freebrough Academy are St Peter's Church of England Primary School (0.1 miles), Badger Hill Academy (0.6 miles), Skelton Primary School (1 mile) and Saltburn Primary School (1.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.