Secondary school

Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • ST3 3JD
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Oct 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,442 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 75%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 53%53%2016/17: top 43%2017/18: top 42%2018/19: top 29%29% · 2018/192021/22: top 41%2022/23: top 74%2023/24: top 74%2024/25: top 75%No exams

Against West Midlands

Attainment 841 · West Midlands 44.13/10 Below−38 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths35.3% · West Midlands 39.3%4/10 Below−40.7 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.58 · West Midlands 3.814/10 Below−22.1 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.65 · West Midlands −0.101/10 Well below West Midlands−78.5 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2017/1827.07 · West Midlands 29.06Small cohort: 18 pupils in 2017/18 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 49.7 · 134 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 47.2 · 165 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 47.3 · 157 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 50.5 · 200 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 50.3 · 207 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 41.3 · 208 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 40.9 · 228 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 41 · 232 pupils · West Midlands 44.1550.540.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 45% · 165 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 39% · 157 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 45% · 200 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 57% · 207 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 37% · 208 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 39.5% · 228 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 35.3% · 232 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%57%35.3%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 20.28 · 10 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 21.56 · 12 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 27.07 · 18 pupils · West Midlands 29.0627.0720.28No exams

Not published 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
208 of 208 who put it first2014 · 87.4%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st208208
2nd11516
3rd567

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2017Good
  5. 2023Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • 16 to 19 study programmes
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,175
Free school meals (past 6 years)38.8%
First language not English10.7%
SEN support16.4%
EHC plan3.5%
Absence (sessions missed)9.6%
Persistently absent pupils27.8%

Girls 50.7%Boys 49.3%

108.8% full · 1,080 places · 54 in sixth form (2017/18)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.5
Pupils per adult10.6
  • Classroom teachers 61.2
  • Leadership 10
  • Teaching assistants 22.2
  • Other support 40.6

Teachers 71.2 FTE · Whole workforce 134 · 144 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,372
Spend per pupil£7,627
Staff spend per pupil£5,894
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£889,000in-year balance

Grants £8,307 · self-generated £65 · premises £419 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST (44 academies) · trust reserve £26,242,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

228 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained85.1%
  • Education78.5%
  • Apprenticeship3.9%
  • Employment2.6%
  • Not sustained9.2%
  • Unknown5.7%