Outwood Academy Normanby, Middlesbrough

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy Normanby averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in Redcar and Cleveland and 47 across England.

28% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Redcar and Cleveland and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.34: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 32, against 41.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Hospitality and Catering.

For September 2026 entry, 122 families put Outwood Academy Normanby as their first choice and 191 named it as one of their preferences, for 141 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Outwood Academy Normanby are St Peter's Catholic College (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.6); Outwood Academy Ormesby (1 mile, Inadequate, Attainment 8 36.1); Lift Unity City (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.9); and Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form (2.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.2).

Outwood Academy Normanby's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Outwood Academy Normanby is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 in 2024/25.

69 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Outwood Academy Normanby (as of April 2026): 22% would recommend the school, 23% say their child is happy there and 9% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (28%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (9%).

Of the 136 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 75% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 67% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

53% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Outwood Academy Normanby has a resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties: 14 places, 11 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is South Bank Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Avenue (a), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Outwood Academy Normanby stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 488 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Redcar and Cleveland (174), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Outwood Academy Normanby issued 1215 suspensions, 158.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 16 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy Normanby are Teesville Academy (0.4 miles), St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School (0.5 miles), South Bank Community Primary School (0.5 miles) and Caedmon Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.