Freebrough Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C67
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 2SJ
- Distance
- 23.0km away
Whitby School
Prospect Hill, Whitby, YO21 1LA
Local ranking38th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1539
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 7 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 162
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 76.0%
- Higher education
- 27.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 24.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
25.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
17
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 78
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1041
- Boys
- 491 (50%)
- Girls
- 484 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1539 (63% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.9%
- EAL
- 1.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 13.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,359/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.0%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
95.0%
White British
2.1%
White Other
0.6%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Prospect Hill
Whitby, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 121667
- UKPRN
- 10007478
- Establishment No.
- 4039
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