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Ormiston Horizon Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Turnhurst Road, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent ST6 6JZ · ormistonhorizonacademy.co.uk · 01782 883333

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
37.3
average Attainment 8 score. Stoke-on-Trent 39.8, England 46
Last distance offered
7.24 mi
11.65 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Criterion 5 · Stoke On Trent Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,029
98% of 1,050 places
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
39%
First language not English
9.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Ormiston Academies Trust

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 7.24 mi (11.65 km) from the school. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 212 families put the school first and 208 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 242 (Places 229)242September 2023: 195 (Places 208)195September 2024: 223 (Places 222)223September 2025: 187 (Places 203)187September 2026: 212 (Places 208)212Places 208
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262082121▲94%
September 2025Sept 20252031870.999%
September 2024Sept 20242222231▲95%
September 2023Sept 20232081950.999%
September 2022Sept 20222292421.1▲93%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Criterion 5Distance
September 20257.24 mi11.65 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.3, and 29.3% 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 D+ (23.8 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 41.9 (England 46.3)41.92017/18: 39.4 (England 46.5)39.42018/19: 39.4 (England 46.7)39.42021/22: 41.4 (England 48.8)41.42022/23: 36.6 (England 46.3)36.62023/24: 34.7 (England 45.9)34.72024/25: 37.3 (England 46.0)37.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼37.346.0
▼29.3%45.4%
▼51.0%64.8%
▼7.6%40.5%
▼3.134.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form0.5−0.5
Sixth form college7.6−1.9
Further education65.9−8
Apprenticeship3.3+0.8
Employment5.7+2.7
Not in a lasting destination13.7+5.7
Activity not captured3.3+1.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/182015/16: 8.8 (England 30.5)E2016/17: 11.1 (England 31.1)E2017/18: 23.8 (England 32.1)D+England 32.1
2017/18TrendAverage gradeProgress
18 studentsD+ (23.8)Below average -0.42
18 studentsD+ (23.8)Below average -0.42
Applied general9 studentsPass+ (19.4)Average -0.37
0%AAB or better
81.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2016/1723E (11.1)-1.06
2015/168E (8.8)-0.39

Where sixth-form leavers went

2016/172017/18
Left in 2017/18Since 2016/17
University58+24
Apprenticeship8−8
Employment17−2
Not in a lasting destination17+1

Ofsted

Ormiston Horizon Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
21 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2018

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2018Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jul 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (118 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
69%
Replies
118
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼75% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼74% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼64% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼75% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼77% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼50% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼72% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼64% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼53% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 83% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼38% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 47% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼52% agreeEngland 67%

based on 30 parents (25%) with SEND

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