Viewley Hill Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.501 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Viewley Hill Academy is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2022. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Viewley Hill 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 | 0.501 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
- Reception 2026: 25 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.501 miles away, the 15th shortest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and further than in 2022.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Andover Way, Hemlington, Middlesbrough, TS8 9HL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 301 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 June 2022
Strengths
- “Viewley Hill is a welcoming, warm and happy place to be.”
- “Pupils buzz with excitement while they learn.”
- “They behave very well in school and go out of their way to be friendly to others.”
To improve
- “The development of some wider curriculum plans has been slowed by COVID-19.”
- “This practice is stronger in some subjects than others.”
- “In some subjects, teachers do not always choose the right activities to check what pupils know and remember about learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 51% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 25 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 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sunnyside Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hemlington Hall Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rose Wood Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Acklam Whin Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Clare's RC Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Marton Manor Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published