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Outwood Academy Normanby
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Normanby Road, South Bank, Middlesbrough TS6 9AG · normanby.outwood.com · 01642 454577
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Redcar and Cleveland 44.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 787
- 37 over 750 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 53%
- First language not English
- 3.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 122 families put the school first and 141 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 | 141 | 122 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 173 | 163 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 141 | 150 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 176 | 208 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 176 | 198 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.4, and 29.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Redcar and Cleveland it was 44.4, and across England 46.
In 2016/17 the average A level result was grade C (28.7 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼9.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.00 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141013)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.5 | +0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 6.6 | −0.8 |
| Further education | 66.9 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9 | +4.2 |
| Employment | 2.2 | −2.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 | −0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 5.9 | −0.7 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2017/18 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 students | — | Average +0.31 | |
| 5 students | — | Average +0.30 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 32 | C (28.7) | +0.18 |
| 2015/16 | 22 | D+ (21.8) | -0.24 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 141013)
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2018/19 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 17 | −17 |
| Further education | 16 | +11 |
| Apprenticeship | 17 | +4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 33 | +7 |
| Activity not captured | 17 | — |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 141013)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Outwood Academy Normanby on 2 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: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 2 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2024
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 141013), which Ofsted links to this one.
Report cards, from November 2025
- Feb 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
- Nov 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Feb 2024Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- Mar 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
- Nov 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
May 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141013)
What parents said
22% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 22%
- Positive
- 18%
- Replies
- 69
- 9% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on 34 parents (49%) whose child was bullied
based on 32 parents (46%) with SEND