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Ormiston NEW Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,094Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145134URN

Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, WV10 6SE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.6 below Wolverhampton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WolverhamptonSelective

300 applications for 211 places · 18th of 19 in Wolverhampton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.8of 90
18th of 20 in Wolverhampton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 9 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 15 February 2022
    Graded inspection: 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
1.4applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Wolverhampton median (2.0) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

300 applications · 211 places offered · 150 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.4; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.4; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
  3. 2024 1.4; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.4; Wolverhampton median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.6; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.5; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
  7. 2020 1.5; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.3; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.7; Wolverhampton median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.9; Wolverhampton median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Wolverhampton median median 2.4; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Wolverhampton median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Wolverhampton median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Wolverhampton median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Wolverhampton median

Dashed bars: as North East Wolverhampton Academy (URN 136182), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262113001.41500.71
Sep 20251822601.4990.54
Sep 20241762391.41220.69
Sep 20231612261.4910.57
Sep 20221221921.6850.70
Sep 20211131651.5590.52
Sep 20201201741.5790.66
Sep 20191231601.3570.46
Sep 20181202091.7920.77
Sep 2017 *1112101.9910.82
Sep 2016 *1522411.61060.70
Sep 2015 *1392351.71160.83
Sep 2014 *1382211.61090.79

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

166 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.818th of 20 in Wolverhampton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%17th of 20 in Wolverhampton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%
  • This school
  • Wolverhampton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16637.827%46%–
2024/2515335.731%46%–
2023/2415238.127%44%−0.27
2022/2313936.222%39%−0.58

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145134 · 336/4009
Trust
Ormiston Academies Trust
Capacity
1,210 pupils · 1,094 on roll
Free school meals
60.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
North East Wolverhampton Academy (URN 136182)
Address
Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, WV10 6SE
Local authority
Wolverhampton

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