The King's Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.513 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The King's Academy is a secondary school in Middlesbrough for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
The King's Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.513 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 nearest Middlesbrough secondary schools.
- The last Year 7 offer in 2026 went to a child living 1.513 miles away, the 3rd longest of 6 Middlesbrough secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2022, and it stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 220 first-choice applications for 216 offers; 203 offers went to first-choice families and 17 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Middlesbrough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Stainton Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, TS8 0GA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 1,381 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “This is a school built on kindness, belonging and high expectations.”
- “Pupils feel known, valued and supported.”
- “Staff build positive relationships and help pupils start each day with a clear sense of purpose.”
To improve
- “However, outcomes at the end of Year 11 have declined over recent years.”
- “Some pupils who start with weaker reading or number skills do not catch up quickly enough.”
- “Some pupils who begin school with secure understanding are also not achieving the grades they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 220 first-preference applications, 216 offers in total, 203 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Middlesbrough.
- Trinity Catholic College 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Acklam 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Acklam Grange School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Unity City 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ormesby 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Macmillan Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Riverside 3.5 mi Good Last distance published