Outwood Academy Ormesby
Tothill Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH
698 pupils · 85% of 825 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Free school meals
- 64.3%
Ofsted
Needs attention (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 9 December 2025, published 9 February 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 33.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 29.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 50.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 5.5% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.74 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 128 | 95 | 206 | 104 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 129 | 92 | 219 | 103 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 147 | 117 | 236 | 127 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 147 | 125 | 286 | 143 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 165 | 124 | 290 | 152 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 177 | 149 | 315 | 177 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 171 | 145 | 285 | 157 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 207 | 163 | 307 | 206 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Lift Unity City 1.4 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Outwood Academy Normanby 1.7 km · Inadequate (2024) · previous system
- St Peter's Catholic College 2.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form 2.7 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Trinity Catholic College 3.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Outwood Academy Riverside 4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.