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Outwood Academy Ormesby
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough TS3 0RH · ormesby.outwood.com · 01642 452191
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 33.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Middlesbrough 41.1, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Middlesbrough Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 698
- 85% of 825 places
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 64.3%
- First language not English
- 5.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Middlesbrough Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 95 families put the school first and 128 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 128 | 95 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 129 | 92 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 147 | 117 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 147 | 125 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 165 | 124 | 0.8 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.1, and 29.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Middlesbrough it was 41.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼33.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼50.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼5.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.62 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.4 | — |
| Sixth form college | 6.9 | +1.8 |
| Further education | 68.4 | −0.2 |
| Other education | 2.2 | +1.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.6 | — |
| Employment | 1.3 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.4 | −4.3 |
| Activity not captured | 4.8 | −0.9 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Outwood Academy Ormesby on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jul 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Apr 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
- Oct 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jan 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
- Apr 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Jul 2022Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
54% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 54%
- Positive
- 17%
- Replies
- 28
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 96% who raised concerns
based on 10 parents (36%) whose child was bullied
based on 15 parents (54%) with SEND