Outwood Academy Ormesby

Outwood Academy Ormesby
Location
Stockwith Close

Netherfields

Middlesbrough
,
TS3 0RH

England

54°33′14″N 1°10′26″W / 54.553997°N 1.173831°W / 54.553997; -1.173831
Information
Former nameOrmesby School
TypeAcademy
Motto"Students First"
EstablishedSeptember 1967; 59 years ago (1967-09)
Local authority
Middlesbrough
TrustOutwood Grange Academies Trust
138711 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of governors
Susan Maidens
Associate Executive Principal
Gemma Trattles
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment865
Capacity825
HousesAfrica, Asia, Americas, Australasia and Europe
ColoursPurple and gold    
Websiteormesby.outwood.com
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Outwood Academy Ormesby

Outwood Academy Ormesby (formerly Ormesby School) is a mixed secondary school with academy status, located in the Netherfields area of Middlesbrough, England. It has an enrolment of 900 pupils ages 11 to 16, with a comprehensive admissions policy.

The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and the current principal is James Bridge.

History

Ormesby School first opened in September 1967.

As part of the Building Schools for the Future programme the school relocated to new buildings in September 2010.

Ormesby School chose to convert to academy status, with no sponsor organisation, reopening in September 2012 with the new status, but retaining its existing name and uniform. Since the school converted to academy status, Ofsted inspections have rated the school as "Requires Improvement" (2013), "Inadequate" (2015), "Good" (2017), and "Inadequate" (2022).

In September 2014 a new leadership team was appointed, led by Lynn James as headteacher. The school went on to be rated "Inadequate" and placed into special measures by Ofsted in April 2015. The 2015 Ofsted report explains the depth of this Teessides school's problems.

The school was rated "Good" in 2017, but returned to "Inadequate" status in 2022.

Outwood Grange

In September 2015 Ormesby School joined Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and reopened as Outwood Academy Ormesby.

Controversy

Exclusions

The school excluded 41% of its pupils on fixed-term exclusions in 2017–2018, the highest figure in the country; the second highest was nearby Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth which excluded 34%.

Notable former pupils

Ormesby School

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Outwood Grange Academies Trust. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Change of Principal". Outwood Academy Ormesby. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Outwood Academy Ormesby - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Department for Education. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Outwood Academy Ormesby". EduBase. Department for Education. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Staff and students recall memories of Ormesby School". Evening Gazette. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Work almost complete at £14m school building". Evening Gazette. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Hughes, Mike (11 October 2012). "Ormesby School becomes an academy but retains identity". gazettelive.
  8. 1 2 "Outwood Academy Ormesby". Rating and reports. Ofsted. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ofsted 2015". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2020. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright
  10. ↑ Dale, Sarah (20 April 2015). "Ormesby secondary school slammed by Ofsted calling it 'inadequate'". gazettelive. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Special measures monitoring inspection of Ormesby School" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Perraudin, Frances (16 March 2019). "Academy trust accused of using assemblies to intimidate students". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  13. ↑ Blackburn, Mike (29 October 2014). "Teesside paralympian Jade Jones to feature in documentary as she swaps race track for lecture theatre". TeessideLive Gazette. Retrieved 14 August 2026.