Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Stoke-on-Trent
Beaconsfield Drive, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 3JD
58
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
91%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.4%
27.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,175
Capacity used
Over capacity109%
1,080 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
91%
1st preference success rate
222 of 244 families who put it first got an offer
231
Places offered
510
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 244 | 222 | ● 91% |
| 2nd preference | 132 | 9 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 72 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 62 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 510 | 231 | 45% |
1st preference success by year
Stoke-on-Trent lets families list 5 preferences. 7 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Kelly Hassall
- Address
- Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 3JD
- Phone
- 01782882200
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Ward / constituency
- Blurton · Stoke-on-Trent South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136145
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 40% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
1,175 pupils · 1,080 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
28 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,236 pupils
Attendance
90.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
6.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.65 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 40% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.61 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 35.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 56.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 25% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.58 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 232 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.