Living in Middlesbrough with children
Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland and North Yorkshire and Stockton-on-Tees. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 148,232 people in 62,351 households; 29.7% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
75 schools: 61 state primary, 11 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 2 privateMiddlesbrough on the schools map →Every school in Middlesbrough, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (61)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield Primary School | School remains Good | 1st (1/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 5% (2/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Linthorpe Community Primary School | Outstanding | Top 8% (3/41) in Middlesbrough | 0.705 miles (2026) |
| Whale Hill Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 7% (3/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Bankfields Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 10% (4/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Lift Caldicotes | Good | Top 10% (4/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Chandlers Ridge Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 13% (5/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Beech Grove Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 15% (6/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Roseberry Academy | Good | Top 13% (30/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Brambles Primary Academy | Outstanding | Top 18% (7/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Whinney Banks Primary School | Good | Top 20% (8/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Teesville Academy | Good | Top 23% (10/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 25% (11/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Newham Bridge Primary School | — | Top 25% (10/41) in Middlesbrough | 1.109 miles (2026) |
| Nunthorpe Primary Academy | School remains Outstanding | Top 30% (13/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Thorntree Academy | Good | Top 27% (11/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Good | Top 25% (59/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| The Avenue Primary School | School remains Good | Top 30% (12/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Archibald Primary School | School remains Good | Top 32% (13/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Kader Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 35% (14/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Marton Manor Primary School | Good | Top 37% (15/41) in Middlesbrough | 0.479 miles (2026) |
| Green Lane Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 40% (16/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Breckon Hill Primary School | School remains Good | Top 42% (17/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Newport Primary School | Good | Top 44% (18/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Clare's RC Primary School | Good | Top 47% (19/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Easterside Academy | Good | Top 49% (20/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Rose Wood Academy | Standards maintained | (21/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Normanby Primary School | School remains Good | (25/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School | Good | (22/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Caedmon Primary School | Good | (27/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Pennyman Primary Academy | School remains Good | (23/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Standards maintained | (24/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Lift North Ormesby | Good | (25/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Abingdon Primary School | Good | (26/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School | Good | (27/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Gerard's RC Primary School | School remains Good | (28/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Pallister Park Primary School | School remains Good | (29/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Grangetown Primary School | Good | (32/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Hemlington Hall Academy | Ofsted report card | (30/41) in Middlesbrough | 0.954 miles (2026) |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | Good | (31/41) in Middlesbrough | 0.398 miles (2026) |
| Overfields Primary School | Good | (35/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Acklam Whin Primary School | School remains Good (Concerns) | (32/41) in Middlesbrough | 1.111 miles (2026) |
| Viewley Hill Academy | School remains Good | (33/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | School remains Good | (184/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Ormesby Primary School | Good | (38/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | Good | (34/41) in Middlesbrough | 0.104 miles (2026) |
| Ayresome Primary School | Good | (35/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Park End Primary School | Good | (36/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Outstanding | (40/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| High Clarence Academy | Ofsted report card | (57/60) in Stockton-on-Tees | — |
| St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School | Good | (43/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Stokesley Primary Academy | Standards maintained | (213/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Berwick Hills Primary School | Good | (37/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy | Good | (38/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Corpus Christi RC Primary School | School remains Good | (39/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Sunnyside Academy | Good | (40/41) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Thomas More RC Primary School | Good | (41/41) in Middlesbrough | 0.386 miles (2026) |
| South Bank Community Primary School | Requires improvement | (44/44) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Ingleby Greenhow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton | Ofsted report card | — | — |
State secondary schools (11)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acklam Grange School | School remains Good | 1st (1/7) in Middlesbrough | 0.545 miles (2026) |
| Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form | Requires improvement | (6/10) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Macmillan Academy | Good | Top 29% (2/7) in Middlesbrough | — |
| The King's Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 43% (3/7) in Middlesbrough | 1.382 miles (2025) |
| Trinity Catholic College | Requires improvement | (4/7) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Outwood Academy Acklam | Good | (5/7) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Outwood Academy Riverside | Good | (6/7) in Middlesbrough | — |
| St Peter's Catholic College | Good | (9/10) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Outwood Academy Normanby | Inadequate | (10/10) in Redcar and Cleveland | — |
| Outwood Academy Ormesby | Ofsted report card | (7/7) in Middlesbrough | — |
| Lift Unity City | Ofsted report card | — | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough College | Good | (3/4) in Middlesbrough | — |
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood Alternative Provision Eston | — | — | — |
| Reintegreat Education Solutions Ltd | — | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (244 detached, 525 semi-detached, 327 terraced, 46 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Middlesbrough. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Middlesbrough →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 98% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 2,612 postcodes in TS3, TS5, TS6. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 4 outstanding; 24 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 8 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 2 in North Yorkshire · 29 in Middlesbrough · 6 in Redcar and Cleveland.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Middlesbrough
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