Outwood Academy Ormesby, Middlesbrough

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy Ormesby averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 41.6 in Middlesbrough and 47 across England.

32% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Middlesbrough and 47% in England.

That is up from 33.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.12: 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 33.8, against 40 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 16 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 95 families put Outwood Academy Ormesby as their first choice and 206 named it as one of their preferences, for 128 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 Ormesby are Lift Unity City (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.9); Outwood Academy Normanby (1 mile, Inadequate, Attainment 8 36.5); St Peter's Catholic College (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.6); and Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form (1.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.2).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Outwood Academy Ormesby.

Outwood Academy Ormesby 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.

28 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Outwood Academy Ormesby (as of April 2026): 54% would recommend the school, 46% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (57%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).

Of the 231 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 68% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

64.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (85%) and Black (6%).

Outwood Academy Ormesby has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Marton Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fleet Close (a), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Outwood Academy Ormesby stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 354 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Middlesbrough (532).

In 2024/25, Outwood Academy Ormesby issued 1458 suspensions, 197.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 11 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy Ormesby are Pennyman Primary Academy (0.2 miles), Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Overfields Primary School (0.3 miles) and Thorntree Academy (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.