Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
1.444 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 1.444 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2025 the last child offered a place lived 1.444 miles away, the 5th shortest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- At Year 7 in 2026 there were 208 first-choice applications for 233 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stoke-on-Trent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 3JD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,175 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel cared for in this inclusive school.”
- “Staff know their pupils well and support them to be the best they can be.”
- “The school’s core values of confidence, resilience, enthusiasm, empathy, challenge, and kindness are rooted in the curriculum and beyond.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not meet the school’s expectations and repeat unwanted behaviours.”
- “Leaders have not ensured that these pupils get the support they need.”
- “However, in some lessons, teachers do not routinely check that pupils are consolidating their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 208 first-preference applications, 233 offers in total, 208 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Stoke-on-Trent.
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trentham Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's College 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ormiston Meridian Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thistley Hough Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Discovery Academy 3.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published