Viewley Hill Academy, Middlesbrough

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Viewley Hill Academy on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders monitor attendance closely."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders closely monitor the progress of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), those who are disadvantaged and pupils who face additional barriers to their learning."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know the school and its community well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a well-structured programme for pupils' personal development."

Achievement - Needs attention. "While leaders have made positive changes to the English curriculum, the improvements seen in pupils' spelling, punctuation and grammar are not yet consistently applied in pupils' work across wider curriculum subjects."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have designed a broad curriculum that sets out clearly what pupils should know and be able to do at each stage of their education."

Early years - Needs attention. "The early years classrooms are stimulating and vibrant places for children to learn."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should review their early years curriculum to ensure that it is better sequenced and reflective of the needs of the children so that progress, particularly in reading and writing, is accelerated"; "Leaders should ensure that all staff in the early years model the vocabulary and language that they expect children to learn as they play"; "Leaders should ensure that the high expectations staff have of pupils' spelling, punctuation and handwriting in English are embedded across all curriculum areas so that errors are not allowed to persist"; "Leaders should continue their impactful work to improve attendance so that more pupils benefit from the positive curriculum changes that leaders have made".

In its own words: "We aim for Viewley Hill to be at the heart of our community where every family is safe, valued and welcomed. We aim to inspire each child to believe in their own potential and to provide them with life skills they need for their future."

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Viewley Hill Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 62% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Middlesbrough and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 74% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 25 families put Viewley Hill Academy as their first choice and 40 named it as one of their preferences, for 31 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 Viewley Hill Academy are St Gerard's RC Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 75% reading, 75% maths); Sunnyside Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 51% reading, 49% maths); Hemlington Hall Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 69% reading, 63% maths); and Rose Wood Academy (1 mile, Good, 77% reading, 82% maths).

Viewley Hill Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Viewley Hill Academy is one of 26 schools run by Lingfield Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

50.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.3% 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 Black (6%).

In 2026, 66 pupils (21.9%) received SEN support and 12 (4%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

Viewley Hill Academy had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Marton Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Viewley Hill Academy (b), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 242 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Middlesbrough (532).

In 2024/25, Viewley Hill Academy issued 18 suspensions, 5.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Viewley Hill Academy are The King's Academy (0.6 miles) and Outwood Academy Acklam (1.4 miles).