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Outwood Academy Normanby

  • 11–16Ages
  • 787Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 147544URN

Normanby Road, South Bank, Middlesbrough, TS6 9AG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.2 below Redcar and Cleveland median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland

191 applications for 141 places · 8th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.5of 90
10th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 27 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 27 February 2024
    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
1.4applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Redcar and Cleveland median (1.6) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

191 applications · 141 places offered · 122 named it first

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

  1. 2026 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.7; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.6; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.6; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.6; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.4; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.4
  8. 2019 0.8; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 0.7; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.1; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.0; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.2; Redcar and Cleveland median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Redcar and Cleveland median

Dashed bars: as Hillsview Academy (URN 141013), 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 20261411911.41220.87
Sep 20251732381.41630.94
Sep 20241412341.71501.06
Sep 20231762881.62081.18
Sep 20221762731.61981.13
Sep 20211482311.61761.19
Sep 20201482121.41511.02
Sep 2019 *1291000.8700.54
Sep 2018 *146980.7720.49
Sep 2017 *1391461.1900.65
Sep 2016 *1671721.01170.70
Sep 2015 *1361581.21080.79
Sep 2014 *1281471.21120.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

138 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.510th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%10th of 10 in Redcar and Cleveland
Grade 4 or above in English and maths55%
  • This school
  • Redcar and Cleveland median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13836.528%55%–
2024/2513235.430%57%–
2023/2413634.731%54%−1.34
2022/2312231.025%40%−1.54

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
147544 · 807/4013
Trust
Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
750 pupils · 787 on roll
Free school meals
53.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2019
Replaced
Hillsview Academy (URN 141013)
Address
Normanby Road, South Bank, Middlesbrough, TS6 9AG
Local authority
Redcar and Cleveland

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