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Discovery Special Academy

Sandy Flatts Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7YN

TEES VALLEY EDUCATION is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance93%
Attainment0% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils187

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in TS5. Where we have them, council (Middlesbrough) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
187
Free school meals
76.6%
42.1% above district average (34.5%)

Also: Middlesbrough 59% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
76.3% above district average (23.7%)

Also: Middlesbrough 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
19.3%
Same as district average (19.3%)
Attendance
93%
2.5% below district average (95.5%)

Also: Middlesbrough 88.3% · England 87.2%

Persistent absence
23.5%
Attainment
0% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the TS5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195%
  • 2021/2292%
  • 2022/2393.6%
  • 2023/2493.5%
  • 2024/2593%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/230%
  • 2023/240%
  • 2024/250%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
181
Pupils on roll
187

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Middlesbrough page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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