Secondary
Outwood Academy Acklam
Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7JY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1201 of 1350 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 93.7
- Pupils per adult
- 12.3
- Pupils
- 1,149
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2019
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
47%
12 points above the Middlesbrough average (35% across 11 schools)
42.9
2.3 above the Middlesbrough average (40.6 across 11 schools)
3rd of 11 by our score, among the secondary schools in Middlesbrough we can score - 15 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.75 |
| Entered the EBacc | 14% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33% |
| 22/23 | 36% |
| 23/24 | 41% |
| 24/25 | 47% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.45 |
| 22/23 | -0.61 |
| 23/24 | -0.23 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.0 |
| 22/23 | 37.2 |
| 23/24 | 41.3 |
| 24/25 | 42.9 |
Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7JY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Middlesbrough admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Graham Skidmore
- Address
- Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7JY
- Telephone
- 01642818200