Secondary
The Orme Academy
Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, ST5 9JU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 768 of 1161 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 58.0
- Pupils per adult
- 12.9
- Pupils
- 749
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 June 2024
Good
- 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 inspections2
December 2021
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
May 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
35%
43.8
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.41 |
| Entered the EBacc | 4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
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 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 34% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.65 |
| 22/23 | -0.66 |
| 23/24 | -0.44 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.4 |
| 22/23 | 41.8 |
| 23/24 | 41.2 |
| 24/25 | 43.8 |
Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, ST5 9JU
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.
Staffordshire 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
- Headteacher
- Mark Boughey
- Address
- Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, ST5 9JU
- Telephone
- 01782742900