Outwood Academy Ormesby
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.948 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Outwood Academy Ormesby is a secondary school in Middlesbrough for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Outwood Academy Ormesby 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 2026 | 1.948 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Its latest Ofsted inspection, on 9 December 2025, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Inadequate (5 July 2022).
- At 1.948 miles, the Year 7 2026 last distance offered was the 2nd longest of the 6 Middlesbrough secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 95 first-choice applications for 128 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 33 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 33.1 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Middlesbrough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Tothill Avenue, Netherfields, Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 698 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 64.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 December 2025
Strengths
- “Outwood Academy Ormesby is rapidly improving.”
- “The school is increasingly successful in reducing the barriers that pupils face so that they receive an inclusive, high-quality education that improves their life chances.”
- “Pupils enjoy the improved experiences of school.”
To improve
- “However, as yet, pupils do not achieve or attend school as consistently well as they should.”
- “This is also the case for disadvantaged pupils, who are not routinely well prepared for their next steps.”
- “Despite these improvements, there are a small number of pupils who present disruptive behaviour.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 February 2026 (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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.1 | 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: 95 first-preference applications, 128 offers in total, 95 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 Middlesbrough.
- Lift Unity City 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trinity Catholic College 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Riverside 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The King's Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Acklam 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Acklam Grange School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Macmillan Academy 3.6 mi Good Last distance published