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Outwood Academy Ormesby

  • 11–16Ages
  • 698Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 138711URN

Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.4 below Middlesbrough median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Middlesbrough

206 applications for 128 places · 6th of 8 in Middlesbrough
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.1of 90
8th of 8 in Middlesbrough
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 9 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 December 2025
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 5 July 2022
    Graded inspection: Inadequate

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Middlesbrough median (2.1) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

206 applications · 128 places offered · 95 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Middlesbrough median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.7; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.6; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.0; Middlesbrough median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.8; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.8; Middlesbrough median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.7; Middlesbrough median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.5; Middlesbrough median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.9; Middlesbrough median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.5; Middlesbrough median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.8; Middlesbrough median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.8; Middlesbrough median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.0; Middlesbrough median median 2.0
More applications per place than the Middlesbrough median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Middlesbrough median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261282061.6950.74
Sep 20251292191.7920.71
Sep 20241472361.61170.80
Sep 20231472862.01250.85
Sep 20221652901.81240.75
Sep 20211773151.81490.84
Sep 20201712851.71450.85
Sep 20192073071.51630.79
Sep 20181552901.91430.92
Sep 20171552241.51200.77
Sep 20161542721.81100.71
Sep 20151632951.81570.96
Sep 20141322662.01160.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

149 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.18th of 8 in Middlesbrough
Grade 5 or above in English and maths32%7th of 8 in Middlesbrough
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%
  • This school
  • Middlesbrough median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.12
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14936.132%48%–
2024/2512733.130%50%–
2023/2423131.327%43%−1.12
2022/2317131.727%43%−1.14

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138711 · 806/4122
Trust
Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
825 pupils · 698 on roll
Free school meals
64.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Ormesby School (URN 111741)
Address
Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH
Local authority
Middlesbrough

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources