About Us
Outwood Academy Redcar is located in the coastal town of Redcar, on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The predecessor Redcar Academy, had been supported by the nationally renowed Outwood Grange Academies Trust from November 2015, and formally became Outwood Academy Redcar in October 2017.
In the summer of 2016 students achieved greatly improved GCSE outcomes, with 52% achieving A*-C in both English and mathematics, almost doubling the predecessor school’s results in one year. In the summer of 2017, GCSE outcomes climbed again, with 60% achieving the new 9-4 (A*-C) grades in both English and mathematics, and 45% achieving the new 9-5 (A*-B) grades in both English and mathematics. The Progress 8 score in 2017 of +0.23 placed the school top in Redcar top for progress that all students make from primary school, second in Redcar & Cleveland LA and 8th in the whole of the Tees Valley Five Authorities! In 2018 students achieved record results again, with 67% achieving 9-4 in both English and maths, and 49% achieving 9-5 in both. 77% of students achieved at least a grade 4 in English, and 74% in maths!
Why not come and visit, and see our fantastic students and staff at work? You are welcome any time.
Executive Principal: Andrew Wappat
Principal & LAC Lead: Melissa Brant-Smith
Vice Principal & SENCO: Graham Skidmore
Letters to Parents
Latest News
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Student President Polling Day - Wednesday 7 November
On Tuesday 19 September, our entire student body will have the opportunity to vote in our annual Presidential Election, to elect their preferred candidate to lead Student Voice for the academic year 2017-2018. We were delighted, once again, to be all
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Student President Campaign Day - Tuesday 6 November
On Tuesday we had our Student Voice Campaign Day, for the four candidates aiming to become the Student President 2018-2019. April Davison, Shaun McDonald, Caitlyn Manley and Mya Cope, all Y10 were out and about at the beginning and end of school,
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GCSE Results Day - 23 August
Our fantastic Y11 and Y10 students celebrated during Results Day 2018 on the 23 August, as they collected their GCSE results, once again breaking all records in the history of Outwood Redcar!It was very emotional to see friends, families, teachers
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Chelsea's Choice - Hard-hitting CSE Theatre Production for Y8 - Thursday 5 July
Do you know enough about Child Sexual Exploitation/Internet Safety? With high profile cases around the country currently making the news on a regular basis, it is the duty of everyone to raise awareness of this subject. Councils, charities, support
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Outwood Arts Event at York Barbican - Wednesday 4 July
We are excited to be sending our student cast members to the Outwood Grange Academies Trust Performing Arts Festival at York Barbican tomorrow, Wednesday 4 July. Students have been rehearsing hard in the academy, with other local Outwood students at
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Outwood Family Games at John Charles Stadium, Leeds - Tuesday 3 July
We are excited for our competitors attending the Outwood Family Games Athletics Event tomorrow, Tuesday 3 July at the John Charles Stadium in Leeds, starting at 10am. This opportunity is an elite competition for athletes across our 31 academies, who
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Year 11 Leavers' Assembly and Breakfast - Tuesday 26 June
We have just had a fantastic time celebrating the five years that Year 11 have been with us, by welcoming them all back to school today for a special Leavers’ Assembly and Leavers’ Breakfast. Students arrived at 9.30am to say goodbye to their classma
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Twitter @OutwoodRedcar
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It’s the @OutwoodRedcar Chemistree in all its glory today, courtesy of Mr Haugh. Competition going between science… https://t.co/NlktsuOp9L
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Congratulations to Jasmine Y8 on her Accelerated Reader Praise Postcard awarded today! Did you know that reading fo… https://t.co/ZXqOs6tro5
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Our ‘Dirty Thirty’ display of the most misspelled words at English GCSE has gone up in the department today. Can YO… https://t.co/1AOj2u6SKs
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Students (and parents!) - want some inspiration, information and thinking time on possible future careers, as you p… https://t.co/TyMXfUEIch
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Watched our Foodbank video yet? Over 10 thousand have since Friday. Delighted with the support of families, individ… https://t.co/4Wzv99AaGX
‘Word of the Week’ is part of the Academy’s ongoing strategy to improve students’ literacy. Students are being taught the importance of language and the need for a good vocabulary, both for their school work and as an essential life skill. There is an Academy WOW each week, displayed around school and on the website, and its use is reinforced by VMG tutors and in school assemblies. The word is designed to make students confident in their use of a range of complex words and their meanings, in a drive to improve student articulacy to even higher levels.
“As vocabulary is reduced, so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the number of the things you can identify. Man grows by language.” – Sheri S. Tepper
Word of the Week
Spelling of the Week
Numeracy Word of the Week
Career of the Week
