School admissions in Middlesbrough
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 37 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Middlesbrough in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 60 schools in Middlesbrough first 2,053 times for 2,127 places: 0.97 first choices per place. 11 of the 60 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 7 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.10 miles (Sacred Heart Primary School) to 1.15 miles (Nunthorpe Primary Academy).
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Middlesbrough first 2,190 times for 2,225 places: 0.98 first choices per place. 4 of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.55 miles (Acklam Grange School) to 1.51 miles (The King's Academy).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
60 schools. 11 received more first preferences than they had places.
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
11 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macmillan Academy | 1.49 | 257 | not published |
| Acklam Grange School | 1.43 | 287 | 0.545 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic College | 1.40 | 123 | not published |
| The King's Academy | 1.02 | 216 | 1.513 miles |
| Trinity Catholic College | 0.89 | 235 | not published |
| Lift Unity City | 0.89 | 196 | not published |
| Outwood Academy Normanby | 0.87 | 141 | not published |
| Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form | 0.75 | 207 | not published |
| Outwood Academy Ormesby | 0.74 | 128 | 1.721 miles |
| Outwood Academy Acklam | 0.59 | 230 | 1.859 miles |
| Outwood Academy Riverside | 0.56 | 205 | 1.055 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.