Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form, Middlesbrough

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form, part of the Areté Learning Trust (ALT), we strive to be a high-performing 11-19 school where every student is supported, encouraged and valued. I’m incredibly proud to serve as Headteacher at Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form (previously known as Nunthorpe Academy), returning to the school where I began my teaching career."

In 2026, pupils at Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in Redcar and Cleveland and 47 across England.

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

That is down from 47 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.44: pupils made below 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 30.4, against 47.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 155 families put Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form as their first choice and 445 named it as one of their preferences, for 207 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 Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form are Outwood Academy Ormesby (1.7 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 36.1); Lift Unity City (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.9); The King's Academy (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.9); and Outwood Academy Normanby (2.5 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 36.5).

Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form is one of 11 schools run by Areté Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 282 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 55% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 98 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 53% went on to university or other higher education, 14% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 21% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

2.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 222 pupils (16.8%) received SEN support and 29 (2.2%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Nunthorpe Rail Station, about 590 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nunthorpe Academy (b), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 80 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 Redcar and Cleveland (174).

In 2024/25, Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form issued 1083 suspensions, 76.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 7 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form are Nunthorpe Primary Academy (under 0.1 miles), Chandlers Ridge Academy (0.7 miles), The Avenue Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.