Chandlers Ridge Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.970 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chandlers Ridge Academy is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Chandlers Ridge 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 | 2.970 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.970 miles away, the 5th longest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 but nearer than in 2022, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 35 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families living outside Middlesbrough.
- In 2024/25, 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest 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
- Chandlers Ridge, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0JL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 348 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming school where pupils are greeted by name and with a smile each morning.”
- “Pupils benefit from the positive relationships with staff who know them well and care for them.”
- “Most pupils attend regularly because they are happy to come to school.”
To improve
- “Leaders acknowledge that pupils’ achievement can improve further in some areas, such as the Year 4 multiplication times table check.”
- “The outdoor area does not give children similar access to the full range of learning or support the purposeful, independent activities that are consistently available inside.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2026 (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) | 82% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 32 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 Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Avenue Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lingfield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Captain Cook Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Marton Manor Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rose Wood Academy 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Park End Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published