Sunnyside Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.807 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sunnyside Academy is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Sunnyside 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.807 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.807 miles away, the 6th longest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2022, having swung sharply between some years.
- There were 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers in Reception 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 37% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Middlesbrough.
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
- Manor Farm Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, TS8 0RJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 268 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is a highly inclusive and caring school.”
- “Pupils with additional needs work alongside each other and their classmates with a smile.”
- “Pupils say this is one of the best things about school.”
To improve
- “For a few older pupils, the legacy of previous weaknesses in teaching have led to some gaps in basic skills in reading, writing and numeracy.”
- “These pupils have had less time to benefit from the improved curriculum and good-quality teaching that is now in place.”
- “However, a few subjects, such as design and technology, are not as well developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 37% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Middlesbrough.
- St Gerard's RC Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Viewley Hill Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Marton Manor Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rose Wood Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas More RC Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Easterside Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hemlington Hall Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published