The Orme Academy
Secondary schoolThe Orme Academy is a secondary school in Newcastle-under-Lyme, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 768 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Orme Academy was 42.7, against 40.0 in Newcastle-under-Lyme and 46.2 in England.
32% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Newcastle-under-Lyme | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.7 | 40.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 32.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 52.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 125 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Merryfields SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, May 2025300 m
- St Margaret's CofE (VC) Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, November 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Hempstalls Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- St Wulstan's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
- May Bank Infants' SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023690 m
- Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin BasesPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, June 2024740 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).