Mo Mowlam Academy
Corporation Road, Redcar, TS10 1PA
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Rachel Glover
- Sponsor
- Horizons Specialist Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Redcar
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 66
- Pupils on roll
- 101
- URN
- 146953
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642779292
About this school
Mo Mowlam Academy is a special academy in Redcar. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 101 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
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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 8% | 11% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 33% | 23% | 33% |
| Expected standard in maths | 17% | 15% | 11% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 25% | 15% | 11% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 98.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 94.0 | 93.0 | 94.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | 3.2 | 1.8 | - |
| Progress 8 score | -1.84 -2.64 to -1.04 | -2.98 -3.72 to -2.24 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 | 0.1 | - |
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 Mo Mowlam 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 | Redcar and Cleveland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 11% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Redcar and Cleveland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.2 | 38.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.8 | 33.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 32.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 25.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 23.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 22.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 96 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 19 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 85%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 22.29%
- Persistent absence
- 58.18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Progress Schools - Tees Valley0.5 miles
Independent schools
-
Outwood Alternative Provision Eston0.7 miles
Independent schools · Middlesbrough
-
Archway Academy1.0 miles
Academies · Middlesbrough
-
Mackenzie Thorpe Centre1.0 miles
Special schools
-
Priory Woods School1.6 miles
Special schools · Middlesbrough
Other schools in Redcar
- Kirkleatham Hall School Special schools
- Coatham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dormanstown Primary Academy Primary
- Errington Primary School Primary
- Green Gates Primary School Primary
- Ings Farm Primary School Primary
- John Emmerson Batty Primary School Primary
- Lakes Primary School Primary
- New Marske Primary School Primary
- Newcomen Primary School Primary
- Riverdale Primary School Primary
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mo Mowlam Academy teach?
- Mo Mowlam Academy teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Redcar.
- Who is the headteacher of Mo Mowlam Academy?
- The headteacher of Mo Mowlam Academy is Miss Rachel Glover, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mo Mowlam Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mo Mowlam 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 Mo Mowlam Academy?
- Mo Mowlam Academy has 101 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Mo Mowlam Academy full?
- Mo Mowlam Academy has capacity for 66 pupils and 101 on roll (153%), 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 Mo Mowlam Academy a faith school?
- No. Mo Mowlam Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Mo Mowlam Academy?
- Mo Mowlam Academy is part of HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Mo Mowlam Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 8% in 2022/23 and 11% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Mo Mowlam Academy's absence rate?
- Mo Mowlam Academy's overall absence rate is 22.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mo Mowlam Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mo Mowlam 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 2 July 2026.