Rye Hills Academy, Redcar

In 2026, pupils at Rye Hills Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.2, 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 in line with 2025, when the score was 51.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.06: 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 47.2, against 53.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and French.

For September 2026 entry, 153 families put Rye Hills Academy as their first choice and 251 named it as one of their preferences, for 159 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 Rye Hills Academy are Outwood Academy Redcar (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.8); Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.5); Outwood Academy Bydales (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 50.4); and Huntcliff School (3.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7).

Rye Hills Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Rye Hills Academy is one of 15 schools run by North East Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 168 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 53% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 137 pupils (18%) received SEN support and 13 (1.7%) 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 Redcar East Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rye Hills Academy (a), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 265 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Redcar and Cleveland (174), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Rye Hills Academy issued 194 suspensions, 24.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Rye Hills Academy are Wheatlands Primary School (0.4 miles), Ings Farm Primary School (0.4 miles), Lakes Primary School (0.4 miles) and John Emmerson Batty Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.