Unity City Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Middlesbrough. The school has 1,027 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 10 May 2022). Last inspected 21 April 2026. The Principal is Jill Gray. The school is administered by Middlesbrough local authority. It belongs to LIFT SCHOOLS. It opened in 1 September 2002.
Applications for places at Unity City Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Middlesbrough). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
34.2
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.87
Progress 8 · 2023-24
21%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
41%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
2.80
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
25%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.