Egglescliffe School
Urlay Nook Road, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0LA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SPARK EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Gittins
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Vision Academy Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Stockton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,512
- URN
- 143063
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642352570
About this school
Egglescliffe School is a secondary academy in Stockton-on-Tees. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,512 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
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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 235 | 234 | 233 |
| Attainment 8 score | 56.0 | 54.7 | 51.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.21 +0.03 to +0.40 | +0.06 -0.12 to +0.25 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 68% | 58.5% | 60.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 89% | 80.3% | 80.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 53% | 60.7% | 60.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
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 Egglescliffe 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 | 56 | 36.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 54.7 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51.4 | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,525 |
| 2023/24 | 1,532 |
| 2024/25 | 1,511 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Egglescliffe School compares
Egglescliffe School ranked 3rd of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 80% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51.4 | 7% | 14.3% | 1,512 | — |
| Conyers School | 49.7 | 8.5% | 23.1% | 1,258 | 1.5 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Academy | 54.6 | 5.9% | 15% | 873 | 1.6 miles |
| Ingleby Manor Free School | 52.2 | 6.7% | 23.8% | 698 | 2.3 miles |
| Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy | 45.6 | 8.4% | 20.6% | 1,156 | 3.1 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy | 40.3 | 8.1% | 41.6% | 567 | 3.3 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)
- 14.3%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.96%
- Persistent absence
- 18.08%
Location
Nearby schools
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Conyers School1.5 miles
Secondary · Yarm
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All Saints Church of England Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Ingleby Manor Free School2.3 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy3.1 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy3.3 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
Other schools in Stockton-on-Tees
Egglescliffe School ranks 4th of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees.
- All Saints Church of England Academy Secondary
- Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy Secondary
- Ingleby Manor Free School 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 Egglescliffe School teach?
- Egglescliffe School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Who is the headteacher of Egglescliffe School?
- The headteacher of Egglescliffe School is Mr Neil Gittins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Egglescliffe School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Egglescliffe 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 Egglescliffe School?
- Egglescliffe School has 1,512 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Egglescliffe School full?
- Egglescliffe School has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,512 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Egglescliffe School a faith school?
- No. Egglescliffe School has no designated religious character.
- Is Egglescliffe School a selective school?
- No. Egglescliffe School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Egglescliffe School?
- Egglescliffe School is part of SPARK EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Egglescliffe School have?
- The schools register lists Egglescliffe School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Egglescliffe School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 56 in 2022/23 and 51.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Egglescliffe School rank locally?
- Egglescliffe School ranked 3rd of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 80% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Egglescliffe School's absence rate?
- Egglescliffe School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Egglescliffe School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Egglescliffe 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 2 July 2026.