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Outwood Academy Ormesby

Academy converter in Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH, taking ages 11 to 16, 698 on roll.

Report card Ofsted, Dec 2025
1.95 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
85% Full
33.1 Attainment 8, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.95 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.

The circle is 1.95 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Outwood Academy Ormesby: 1.95 miles, 2025/26 Park End Primary School: 0.46 miles, 2025/26, published by Middlesbrough

This is not a catchment area. 1.95 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Outwood Academy Ormesby is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Middlesbrough. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Middlesbrough, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Outwood Academy Ormesby and Park End Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Park End Primary School admitted from 0.46 miles in 2025/26, published by Middlesbrough. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.95 and 0.46 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Middlesbrough, 15 of 120 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (12.5%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Outwood Academy Ormesby that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Pennyman Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 3.64 mi 2025/26 0.2 mi
Thorntree Academy Both in reach Primary 0.41 mi 2025/26 0.5 mi
Lift Caldicotes Both in reach Primary 0.3 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
Lift Unity City Both in reach Secondary 1.01 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
Park End Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.46 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
Brambles Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 0.15 mi 2025/26 1.0 mi

The distance as a picture

Outwood Academy Ormesby catchment area map: the 1.95 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 698 pupils in 825 places (85% full)
TrustOUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
Local authorityMiddlesbrough

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Report card, December 2025: 3 at the expected standard, 3 needing attention or urgent improvement
Report card
  • Safeguarding Met
  • Inclusion Expected standard
  • Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
  • Achievement Needs attention
  • Attendance and behaviour Needs attention
  • Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
  • Early years Not applicable
  • Post-16 provision Not applicable
  • Leadership and governance Expected standard
Ofsted stopped giving schools a single overall grade in 2024; from November 2025 each area is judged on this five-point scale.
Attainment 8 33.1 (2024/25)
YearProgress 8
2024/25 not published
2023/24 -1.12
2022/23 -1.14

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Outwood Academy Ormesby

Girls and boys49.6% girls, 50.4% boys
English as an additional language5.2% of pupils
Free school meals64.3% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Where Outwood Academy Ormesby's Year 11 went next

Stayed for the sixth form1.2%
Sixth-form college14.0%
Further education college57.9%
Apprenticeship2.3%
Employment3.5%
No sustained destination recorded14.0%

DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.

What it costs to live within reach of Outwood Academy Ormesby

Cheapest district inside the 1.95 miles: TS3, median £88,000. Dearest: TS7, £200,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
TS3 Middlesbrough 0.9 mi £88,000 68 sales
TS4 Middlesbrough 1.9 mi £100,000 32 sales
TS6 Redcar and Cleveland 1.2 mi £122,999 84 sales
TS7 Middlesbrough 1.5 mi £200,000 111 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.95 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Outwood Academy Ormesby by bus

Best-served stop: Stapleford Road, 0.2 mi away, with 6.6 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:02, last 23:07.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Fleet Close51 yd0.30.00.08
Fleet Close147 yd3.71.01.88
The Vaughan Shopping Centre0.1 mi3.61.01.88

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Outwood Academy Ormesby against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around TS3: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at TS3 0RH, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Outwood Academy Ormesby?

Outwood Academy Ormesby does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.95 miles away, per Middlesbrough.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Outwood Academy Ormesby?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.95 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Outwood Academy Ormesby guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Middlesbrough school's distance

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Admission distance published by Middlesbrough. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.