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Outwood Academy Ormesby

Secondary · Middlesbrough · TS3 0RH

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 December 2025 · report published 9 February 2026

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At a glance

698 pupils · 85% of 825 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
64.3% of pupils
English as additional language
4.7% of pupils
SEN support
20.9% of pupils
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils
Website
www.ormesby.outwood.com
URN
138711

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.74 first-choice applications per place

128 places offered · 95 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

127 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
33.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
50.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
29.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
14.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
42.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£10,638
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
79%
Continuing in education
73%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
4%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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