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Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 3JD · ormistonsirstanleymatthewsacademy.co.uk · 01782 882200
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41
- average Attainment 8 score. Stoke-on-Trent 39.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.44 mi
- 2.32 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Criterion 5 · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,175
- 95 over 1,080 places · 109%
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
- First language not English
- 11.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2025, the last place offered under “Criterion 5” went to a home 1.44 mi (2.32 km) from the school. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 208 families put the school first and 233 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 233 | 208 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 231 | 244 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 232 | 254 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 237 | 281 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 238 | 285 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Criterion 5 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.44 mi2.32 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41, and 35.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Stoke-on-Trent it was 39.8, and across England 46.
In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade C- (27.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41 | 46 | ||
| ▼35.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼25.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.58 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.8 | −1.1 |
| Sixth form college | 33.3 | +2.9 |
| Further education | 43.4 | −2.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9 | −1.4 |
| Employment | 2.6 | −2.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.2 | +0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 5.7 | +4.7 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2017/18 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 students | C- (27.1) | Average -0.27 | |
| 21 students | C- (27) | Average -0.30 | |
| Applied general15 students | Merit+ (28.1) | Average +0.05 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 12 | D (21.6) | +0.14 |
| 2015/16 | 10 | D (20.3) | -0.29 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2017/18 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 36 | +9 |
| Further and other education | 14 | +8 |
| Further education | 7 | — |
| Other education | 7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 18 | −2 |
| Employment | 25 | −8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4 | −9 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | — |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
49% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (97 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 49%
- Replies
- 97
- 8% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 59% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (24%) with SEND