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Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formRedcar and Cleveland, North East · Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12 2UWTrust: Kilton Thorpe Specialist AcademySchool website
Pupils on roll
197of 170 places
Free school meals
45.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
9
Ofsted
Outstanding, 17 May 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kilton Thorpe School (URN 111788, until 1 December 2012).

What the data says

Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy’s own sixth form (Redcar and Cleveland average 6%), 11% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Redcar and Cleveland and England.

This school
Redcar and Cleveland
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolRedcar and ClevelandEngland
Pupils in the cohort91,586607,348
Any sustained destination100%91%92%
Stayed in education100%85%86%
— school sixth form0%6%34%
— sixth form college11%28%13%
— further education college11%50%37%
— other education78%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%7%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland

Freebrough Academy

Academy sponsor led · 814 pupils

78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.4

Huntcliff School

Academy sponsor led · 544 pupils

95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.