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Thorntree Academy

Primary school

Thorntree Academy is a primary school in Middlesbrough, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 252 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Good (overall), April 2024

Inspection
Graded inspection, 9 April 2024
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2024/25, 74% of pupils at Thorntree Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Middlesbrough and 62% in England.

11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

End of primary school (KS2)

2024/25
MeasureThis schoolMiddlesbroughEngland
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths74%63%62%
Reached the higher standard11%7%8%
Average scaled score in reading109105106
Average scaled score in maths104105105
  • Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line
  • Priory Woods SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade760 m
  • Outwood Academy OrmesbySecondary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 36.1 (2025/26, provisional)770 m
  • Lift CaldicotesPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
  • Pennyman Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
  • Brambles Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
  • Corpus Christi RC Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, April 2024. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Middlesbrough

Where these figures come from

  • Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
  • Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).