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Ormiston Meridian Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 7DF · ormistonmeridianacademy.co.uk · 01782 377100
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Stoke-on-Trent 39.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 6.06 mi
- 9.75 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
- 1,015
- 49 over 966 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 50.8%
- First language not English
- 26.9%
- 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 6.06 mi (9.75 km) from the school. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 150 families put the school first and 168 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 | 168 | 150 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 173 | 141 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 181 | 170 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 237 | 229 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 237 | 199 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Criterion 5 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 6.06 mi9.75 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.2, and 33.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Stoke-on-Trent it was 39.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼57.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼21.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.40 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124389)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.6 | +4.4 |
| Sixth form college | 19.8 | −1.8 |
| Further education | 49.2 | +4.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6 | −2 |
| Employment | 2.5 | −6.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.2 | −0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 6.1 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ormiston Meridian Academy on 9 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 9 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124389), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124389)
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 50
- 5% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied