School admissions in Redcar and Cleveland

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 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.

Reception places, September 2026

44 schools. 8 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	1.34	47
Wilton Primary AcademyRedcar	1.25	12
Chaloner Primary SchoolGuisborough	1.17	30
Dormanstown Primary AcademyRedcar	1.13	30
Nunthorpe Primary AcademyMiddlesbrough	1.10	29
Galley Hill Primary SchoolGuisborough	1.10	30
Highcliffe Primary SchoolGuisborough	1.07	30
Ings Farm Primary SchoolRedcar	1.02	60
Caedmon Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	1.00	19
Coatham Church of England Primary SchoolRedcar	1.00	30
Errington Primary SchoolRedcar	1.00	25
Green Gates Primary SchoolRedcar	1.00	24
Hummersea Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea	1.00	25
Lingdale Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea	1.00	13
Lockwood Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea	1.00	21
New Marske Primary SchoolRedcar	1.00	21
Ormesby Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	1.00	17
Riverdale Primary SchoolRedcar	1.00	18
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademySaltburn-by-the-Sea	1.00	17
Saltburn Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea	1.00	33
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolRedcar	1.00	28
St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolRedcar	1.00	45
Westgarth Primary SchoolRedcar	1.00	35
Whitecliffe AcademySaltburn-By-The-Sea	1.00	6
Normanby Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	0.98	64
Skelton Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea	0.98	61
Wheatlands Primary SchoolRedcar	0.96	49
Whale Hill Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	0.95	62
Grangetown Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	0.95	38
Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	0.95	19
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea	0.94	34
Newcomen Primary SchoolRedcar	0.93	45
South Bank Community Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	0.93	45
Belmont Primary SchoolGuisborough	0.93	54
Lakes Primary SchoolRedcar	0.93	27
Bankfields Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	0.92	26
Badger Hill AcademySaltburn-by-the-Sea	0.92	12
Teesville AcademyMiddlesbrough	0.90	40
Handale Primary SchoolSALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA	0.89	19
John Emmerson Batty Primary SchoolRedcar	0.89	19
Zetland Primary SchoolRedcar	0.89	18
Overfields Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	0.82	17
Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyGuisborough	0.75	24
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough	0.59	27

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

10 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Peter's Catholic CollegeMiddlesbrough	1.40	123
Sacred Heart Catholic SecondaryRedcar	1.14	146
Huntcliff SchoolSaltburn By the Sea	1.04	117
Laurence Jackson SchoolGuisborough	0.97	248
Outwood Academy BydalesRedcar	0.97	140
Rye Hills AcademyRedcar	0.96	159
Freebrough AcademySaltburn-By-the-Sea	0.93	145
Outwood Academy NormanbyMiddlesbrough	0.87	141
Outwood Academy RedcarRedcar	0.86	136
Nunthorpe School & Sixth FormMiddlesbrough	0.75	207