The Orme Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 18 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
142015
Address
Milehouse Lane, ST5 9JU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
749 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
54.6%
Girls
45.4%
First language not English
5.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.4%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.9%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 1.7%
Other 1.7%
African 1.3%
Pakistani 1.1%
Indian 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.66
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.8
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.3
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE150
English LiteratureGCSE150
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE35
FrenchGCSE9
GeographyGCSE71
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Orme Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
186
2nd preference
88
3rd preference
35
From another Local Authority
29
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
81
79
Year 8
163
81
82
Year 9
137
75
62
Year 10
151
80
71
Year 11
138
92
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
78.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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