Discovery Special Academy
Sandy Flatts Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7YN
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
181
Capacity
2-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 171
- Boys
- 108 (63%)
- Girls
- 63 (37%)
- Capacity
- 181 (94% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 70.4%
- EAL
- 19.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 98.3%
- SEN Support
- 1.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £25,246/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools special
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 71.3%
- Mixed Other: 6.0%
- Asian Other: 4.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.6%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
71.3%
White British
6.0%
Mixed Other
4.8%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145877
- UKPRN
- 10068103
- Establishment No.
- 7002
- Trust
- TEES VALLEY EDUCATION