The King's Academy
Stainton Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, TS8 0GA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Trust
- EMMANUEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
- Principal
- Mr Simon Reader
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Emmanuel Schools Foundation
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,530
- Pupils on roll
- 1,381
- URN
- 134223
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642577577
About this school
The King's Academy is a Christian secondary academy in Middlesbrough. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,381 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 227 | 238 | 213 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.3 | 41.5 | 37.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 -0.47 to -0.09 | -0.40 -0.58 to -0.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 42.4% | 30.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 59.2% | 49.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 33% | 39.9% | 35.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The King's Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Middlesbrough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.3 | 26.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.5 | 28.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.9 | 28.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,347 |
| 2023/24 | 1,387 |
| 2024/25 | 1,416 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The King's Academy compares
The King's Academy ranked 6th of 8 secondary schools in Middlesbrough for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.9 | 11.5% | 39% | 1,381 | — |
| Trinity Catholic College | 42.6 | 10.1% | 45.1% | 1,270 | 1.4 miles |
| Outwood Academy Acklam | 42.9 | 9.6% | 52.9% | 1,201 | 1.6 miles |
| Acklam Grange School | 48.5 | 7.6% | 33.4% | 1,452 | 2.2 miles |
| Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form | 47 | 11% | 23.6% | 1,321 | 2.4 miles |
| Lift Unity City | 34.2 | 13.8% | 72.5% | 1,033 | 2.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.95%
- English as an additional language
- 7.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.47%
- Persistent absence
- 32.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Trinity Catholic College1.4 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
-
Outwood Academy Acklam1.6 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
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Acklam Grange School2.2 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
-
Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form2.4 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
-
Lift Unity City2.4 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
Other schools in Middlesbrough
The King's Academy ranks 7th of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Middlesbrough.
- Acklam Grange School Secondary
- Lift Unity City Secondary
- Macmillan Academy Secondary
- Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Outwood Academy Acklam Secondary
- Outwood Academy Normanby Secondary
- Outwood Academy Ormesby Secondary
- Outwood Academy Riverside Secondary
- St Peter's Catholic College Secondary
- Trinity Catholic College Secondary
- Abingdon Primary School Primary
- Acklam Whin Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The King's Academy teach?
- The King's Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Middlesbrough.
- Who is the principal of The King's Academy?
- The principal of The King's Academy is Mr Simon Reader, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The King's Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The King's Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The King's Academy?
- The King's Academy has 1,381 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The King's Academy full?
- The King's Academy has capacity for 1,530 pupils and 1,381 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The King's Academy a faith school?
- Yes. The King's Academy is designated Christian.
- Is The King's Academy a selective school?
- No. The King's Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The King's Academy?
- The King's Academy is part of EMMANUEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The King's Academy have?
- The schools register lists The King's Academy's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The King's Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.3 in 2022/23 and 37.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The King's Academy rank locally?
- The King's Academy ranked 6th of 8 secondary schools in Middlesbrough for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The King's Academy's absence rate?
- The King's Academy's overall absence rate is 11.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The King's Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The King's Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.