Lift Unity City
Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Middlesbrough · TS3 8RE · Middlesbrough
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 142487
River Tees Secondary Academy
Academy alternative provision converter · Middlesbrough · TS3 8RD
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
150
Local authority
Middlesbrough
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy alternative provision converter, Ages 11–16, in Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, 150 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 57.3%.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 142487
Location
- Address
- Sulby Avenue, Pallister Park
- Postcode
- TS3 8RD
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- District
- Middlesbrough
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 150
- Boys / girls
- 80 / 70
- School capacity
- 90
- Capacity fill
- 150 / 90 (167%)
- Free school meals
- 57.3%
- FSM pupils
- 86
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: RIVER TEES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- RIVER TEES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- River Tees Multi Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Birch
- Telephone
- 0164213799