Outwood Academy Riverside
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.746 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Outwood Academy Riverside is a secondary school in Middlesbrough for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2023. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Outwood Academy Riverside 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 | 0.746 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
- The Year 7 last distance offered in 2026 was 0.746 miles, 2nd shortest of 6 Middlesbrough secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.51 miles.
- The 2026 Year 7 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 in 2026 drew 114 first-choice applications for 205 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the lowest of 8 Middlesbrough secondary schools; 91 offers went to families ranking it lower.
- In 2024/25, 28% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 nearest secondary 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
- 100 Russell Street, Middlehaven, Middlesbrough, TS1 2AD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 745 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 64% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff at Outwood Academy Riverside are united in their commitment to the diverse range of pupils who attend their school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ conduct.”
- “They have created strong routines that help the majority of pupils to meet these expectations.”
To improve
- “However, behaviour in lessons and in corridors does not always meet the high standards set by leaders.”
- “All staff do not use the rewards and behaviour policies consistently.”
- “Some low-level disruption impacts upon pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2023 (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) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.2 | 46 |
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: 114 first-preference applications, 205 offers in total, 114 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.
- Macmillan Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Unity City 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trinity Catholic College 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Acklam 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ormesby 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Acklam Grange School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The King's Academy 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published