Ingleby Manor Free School
Welwyn Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 0FA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Ray Parkinson
- Sponsor
- Delta Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Stockton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 698
- URN
- 140949
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642352450
About this school
Ingleby Manor Free School is a secondary academy in Stockton-on-Tees. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 698 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 117 | 133 | 114 |
| Attainment 8 score | 53.2 | 52.0 | 52.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.18 -0.09 to +0.44 | +0.24 0.00 to +0.49 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 63.9% | 59.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 83.5% | 86.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 37% | 34.6% | 38.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
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 Ingleby Manor Free School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stockton-on-Tees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53.2 | 36.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 52.2 | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 629 |
| 2023/24 | 653 |
| 2024/25 | 665 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ingleby Manor Free School compares
Ingleby Manor Free School ranked 2nd of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 82% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52.2 | 6.7% | 23.8% | 698 | — |
| All Saints Church of England Academy | 54.6 | 5.9% | 15% | 873 | 0.9 miles |
| Conyers School | 49.7 | 8.5% | 23.1% | 1,258 | 2.1 miles |
| Egglescliffe School | 51.4 | 7% | 14.3% | 1,512 | 2.3 miles |
| Thornaby Academy | 40.9 | 14.8% | 68% | 443 | 2.4 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy | 40.3 | 8.1% | 41.6% | 567 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.76%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.74%
- Persistent absence
- 18.74%
Location
Nearby schools
-
All Saints Church of England Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Conyers School2.1 miles
Secondary · Yarm
-
Egglescliffe School2.3 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Thornaby Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
Other schools in Stockton-on-Tees
Ingleby Manor Free School ranks 2nd of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees.
- All Saints Church of England Academy Secondary
- Egglescliffe School Secondary
- Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy Secondary
- North Shore Academy Secondary
- Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy Secondary
- Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth Secondary
- Sedgefield Community College Secondary
- St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Secondary
- The Grangefield Academy Secondary
- Thornaby Academy Secondary
- Bader Primary School Primary
- Barley Fields Primary Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ingleby Manor Free School teach?
- Ingleby Manor Free School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Who is the principal of Ingleby Manor Free School?
- The principal of Ingleby Manor Free School is Mr Ray Parkinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ingleby Manor Free School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ingleby Manor Free School, 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 Ingleby Manor Free School?
- Ingleby Manor Free School has 698 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Ingleby Manor Free School full?
- Ingleby Manor Free School has capacity for 750 pupils and 698 on roll (93%), 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 Ingleby Manor Free School a faith school?
- No. Ingleby Manor Free School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Ingleby Manor Free School?
- Ingleby Manor Free School is part of DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ingleby Manor Free School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 53.2 in 2022/23 and 52.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ingleby Manor Free School rank locally?
- Ingleby Manor Free School ranked 2nd of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 82% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ingleby Manor Free School's absence rate?
- Ingleby Manor Free School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ingleby Manor Free School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ingleby Manor Free School'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 1 July 2026.