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 Gemma Trattles. Susan Maidens chairs the local governing body, known as the academy council.

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

Outwood Academy Ormesby 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 who excluded 34%. Over the last year the school has dropped its exclusion figures in line with other local secondary schools.

Notable former pupils