Sponsored
Need storage for your move? Try Safestore — the No.1 storage company for choice in the UK.
Use our free interactive tool to check whether any Middlesbrough property falls within primary or secondary school catchment zones. Middlesbrough is a compact unitary authority, and demand is concentrated on the southern suburbs — Acklam, Linthorpe, Marton and Nunthorpe — where catchment distances are shortest.
Free interactive map — enter any Middlesbrough, Acklam, Linthorpe or Nunthorpe postcode and see exactly which catchment areas it falls within.
Schools serving Acklam, Linthorpe, Marton and Nunthorpe attract the strongest demand in the authority, and their catchment distances are the shortest. With only a small number of secondary schools in total, being outside a preferred catchment can materially limit your options.
Middlesbrough Council is the admissions authority for community primary and secondary schools. After looked-after children, EHC-plan holders and siblings, places are normally allocated by straight-line distance from home to the school.
Middlesbrough has a number of academies and Roman Catholic voluntary-aided schools that set their own criteria. Many families also consider schools in neighbouring Redcar and Cleveland or Stockton-on-Tees, particularly around the southern boundary.
Middlesbrough Council publishes annual admissions information including the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school. Search 'Middlesbrough school admissions' on the Middlesbrough Council website.
Click "Open Free Tool" above. No registration needed. Works in any browser on desktop or mobile.
Click "Add School" and search by school name or postcode. The tool locates it on the interactive map automatically.
Add the radius from the school's admissions data. You can enter distances in metres for precision.
Use "Check Address" to test any Middlesbrough address. It will show you exactly how far inside or outside the catchment that property sits.
Our tool works for schools across Middlesbrough and surrounding areas:
Middlesbrough measures straight-line distance to the metre. Our tool matches that method.
See how Middlesbrough catchments have shifted year on year before you commit to an address.
Plot up to 5 schools at once, including options across the Stockton and Redcar borders.
Generate a shareable link for your estate agent or solicitor before exchange.
Schools serving Nunthorpe, Marton, Acklam and Linthorpe are consistently the most oversubscribed, with the shortest catchment distances in the authority.
Yes. You can name schools in neighbouring authorities on your Middlesbrough application, and many families near the boundary do. Distance from each school still determines priority.
No. Middlesbrough's state secondary schools are comprehensive and allocate places on published oversubscription criteria rather than an entrance test.
Search 'Middlesbrough school admissions' on the Middlesbrough Council website for the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school.
Our free tool works for all UK schools. We also have dedicated guides for other major cities:
Need storage for your move? Try Safestore — the No.1 storage company for choice in the UK.