Mackenzie Thorpe Centre
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- TS6 6SU
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Priory Woods School
Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH
Ofsted: Strong
Independent
Phase
200
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 10 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 21
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 201
- Boys
- 135 (67%)
- Girls
- 66 (33%)
- Capacity
- 200 (100% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.4%
- EAL
- 17.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £28,829/yr
*Financial data not available for 2024-25 — showing 2023-24
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 62.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 12.6%
- Other: 6.0%
- Mixed Other: 5.5%
- Black African: 4.0%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
62.8%
White British
12.6%
Asian Pakistani
6.0%
Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Tothill Avenue
Middlesbrough, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 131425
- UKPRN
- 10017523
- Establishment No.
- 7000
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