Academy sponsor led · Staffordshire

The Orme Academy

11–16Ages
768Pupils
SecondaryPhase
142015URN

Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, ST5 9JU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

close to Staffordshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

299 applications for 169 places · 30th of 48 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

42.7of 90

Staffordshire 43.5 England 46.0

34th of 56 in Staffordshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good

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

1.8applications per place, Year 7

close to Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

299 applications · 169 places offered · 152 named it first

2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2025 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2023 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2022 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2021 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2020 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2019 1.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2018 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2017 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2016 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school

This school
Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Wolstanton High School (URN 124414), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	169	299	1.8	152	0.90
Sep 2025	167	342	2.1	196	1.17
Sep 2024	165	311	1.9	186	1.13
Sep 2023	162	305	1.9	151	0.93
Sep 2022	155	293	1.9	181	1.17
Sep 2021	136	235	1.7	117	0.86
Sep 2020	160	267	1.7	124	0.78
Sep 2019	225	226	1.0	122	0.54
Sep 2018	153	271	1.8	135	0.88
Sep 2017	138	244	1.8	125	0.91
Sep 2016	186	310	1.7	174	0.94
Sep 2015 *	195	293	1.5	185	0.95
Sep 2014 *	165	231	1.4	159	0.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

125 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.734th of 56 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 43.5 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths32%40th of 56 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 38% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%

Staffordshire 60% England 66%

This school
Staffordshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.44

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	125	42.7	32%	56%	–
2024/25	145	43.8	35%	63%	–
2023/24	132	41.2	34%	55%	−0.44
2022/23	151	41.8	33%	56%	−0.66

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

The Orme AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.8applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
St John Fisher Catholic College
1.5 km · Staffordshire

Requires improvement2023

2.2applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
Chesterton Community Sports College
2.4 km · Staffordshire

2026

1.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
2.9 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
Newcastle Academy
3.1 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 31.9Attainment 8
Thistley Hough Academy
3.3 km · Stoke-on-Trent

2026

1.9applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
Haywood Academy
3.9 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Good2023

2.1applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
Clayton Hall Academy
4.3 km · Staffordshire

Good2024

1.9applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
St Peter's CofE Academy
4.4 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 34.2Attainment 8

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 sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 142015 · 860/4013
Trust: The Shaw Education Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,161 pupils · 768 on roll
Free school meals: 23.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Opened: 1 September 2015
Replaced: Wolstanton High School (URN 124414)
Address: Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, ST5 9JU
Local authority: Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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