Easterside Academy

Easterside Academy is performing well, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating. The school fosters an environment where pupils thrive, supported by dedicated staff who emphasize a challenging curriculum and positive relationships. A standout feature is the personal development program, which promotes students' mental health and well-being. Despite strengths in areas like mathematics and early years education, there are concerns regarding the consistency of phonics delivery and clarity in some curriculum areas, which could hinder pupils' learning continuity.

Strengths

• Pupils are motivated and enjoy a challenging curriculum.
• Strong support systems, including a dedicated 'Care Team'.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Outstanding personal development program promoting mental health.
• Effective mathematics curriculum prepares pupils well for future learning.
• Encouragement of leadership roles and responsibilities among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in phonics delivery across cohorts.
• Lack of clarity in end points for some curriculum areas.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Easterside Academy attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at Easterside Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Easterside Academy had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.6% of pupils at Easterside Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 16 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Easterside Academy received £8,367 and spent £8,025 for each of its 306 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £180,000 (£587 per pupil).

Across all 32 schools of The Enquire Learning Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,034 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Middlesbrough · Middlesbrough local authority: places and applications

Easterside Academy is part of The Enquire Learning Trust, which runs 32 schools. The nearest others:

• Rose Wood Academy Middlesbrough
• High Clarence Academy Middlesbrough
• Stokesley Primary Academy Middlesbrough
• Roseberry Academy Middlesbrough
• Oakdene Primary Academy Billingham
• Harrow Gate Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Yarm Primary School Yarm
• Hardwick Green Primary Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Stakesby Primary Academy Whitby
• East Whitby Primary Academy Whitby

What is Easterside Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Easterside Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Easterside Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Easterside Academy was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Easterside Academy have?

Easterside Academy has 296 pupils on roll.

What age range does Easterside Academy cover?

Easterside Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Easterside Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Easterside Academy?

Easterside Academy is at Erith Grove, Easterside, Middlesbrough, TS4 3RG.