Outwood Academy Bydales, Redcar

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy Bydales averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in Redcar and Cleveland and 47 across England.

63% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Redcar and Cleveland and 47% in England.

That is up from 46.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.03: pupils made about 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 44.1, against 52.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were History, Combined Science and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 136 families put Outwood Academy Bydales as their first choice and 235 named it as one of their preferences, for 140 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 Outwood Academy Bydales are Rye Hills Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.2); Huntcliff School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7); Outwood Academy Redcar (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.8); and Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.5).

Outwood Academy Bydales's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Outwood Academy Bydales is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 in 2024/25.

113 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Outwood Academy Bydales (as of September 2025): 72% would recommend the school, 67% say their child is happy there and 36% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (82%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (36%).

Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 50% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

2.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 177 pupils (21.3%) received SEN support and 10 (1.2%) 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 Longbeck Rail Station, about 930 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bydales School Grounds, 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 52 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Redcar and Cleveland (174).

In 2024/25, Outwood Academy Bydales issued 258 suspensions, 31.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy Bydales are Westgarth Primary School (0.3 miles), St Bede's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Errington Primary School (0.4 miles) and Wheatlands Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.