Redcar Academy is smaller than the average-sized secondary school. The academy is part of the Trust4Learning, which is collaboration between several local schools. Most students are White British. The proportion of disabled students and those who have special educational needs is above the national average. The proportion of disadvantaged students, those supported through pupil premium, is well above the national average. The pupil premium is additional funding for students who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those looked after by the local authority. A small number of students attend EOTAS (Education other than at school) full time for basic skills and GCSE courses. Redcar and Cleveland College provides a range of vocational courses for a small number of students in Year 11. Small numbers of students attend Bydales School in Marske or Rye Hills School in Redcar part time for GCSE option subjects in engineering, sociology or psychology. The academy meets the government’s current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for students’ attainment in English and mathematics by the end of Year 11.