Huntcliff School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 1HJ
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Freebrough Academy
Linden Road, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 2SJ
Local ranking1st of 10 secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 144
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 821
- Boys
- 429 (53%)
- Girls
- 385 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (81% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.5%
- EAL
- 0.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,133/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
- 11.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.7%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.2%
- Black African: 0.2%
- Black Other: 0.2%
95.7%
White British
1.1%
White Other
0.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Linden Road
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 147541
- UKPRN
- 10084309
- Establishment No.
- 4012
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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