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Outwood Academy Acklam
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough TS5 7JY · acklam.outwood.com · 01642 818200
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Middlesbrough 41.1, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Middlesbrough Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,201
- 89% of 1,350 places
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 57.5%
- First language not English
- 32.2%
- 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, 136 families put the school first and 230 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 | 230 | 136 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 227 | 145 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 233 | 150 | 0.6 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 260 | 117 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 232 | 160 | 0.7 | 96% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 1.86 mi2.99 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.9, and 47.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ●47.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼14.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.75 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.4 | +1.9 |
| Sixth form college | 10.8 | −3.8 |
| Further education | 72.5 | +6.6 |
| Other education | 0.5 | +0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 1 | −0.5 |
| Employment | 2.5 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.9 | −3.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +0.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Outwood Academy Acklam on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
55% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 55%
- Replies
- 44
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied