Ormiston NEW Academy
Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, WV10 6SE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Craig Cooling
- Sponsor
- Ormiston Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 1,094
- URN
- 145134
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Website
- School website
About this school
Ormiston NEW Academy is a secondary academy in Wolverhampton. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,094 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 139 | 152 | 153 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.2 | 38.1 | 35.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.58 -0.83 to -0.32 | -0.27 -0.52 to -0.02 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 27% | 31.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% | 44.1% | 45.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 15.1% | 6.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ormiston NEW Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wolverhampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36.2 | 41 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.1 | 39.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.7 | 39.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 867 |
| 2023/24 | 996 |
| 2024/25 | 1,067 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ormiston NEW Academy compares
Ormiston NEW Academy ranked 20th of 20 secondary schools in Wolverhampton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.7 | 9.1% | 61.2% | 1,094 | — |
| Aldersley High School | 43.5 | 8.7% | 47.9% | 1,262 | 1.1 miles |
| Moreton School | 39.3 | 10.1% | 56.2% | 1,130 | 1.4 miles |
| Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy | 40.4 | 6.5% | 55.1% | 1,222 | 1.5 miles |
| Codsall Community High School | 47.5 | 7.5% | 18.5% | 1,046 | 2.1 miles |
| Thomas Telford University Technical College | 53.7 | 4.5% | 58.9% | 993 | 2.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report28 April 2026
- 15 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.15%
- English as an additional language
- 30.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.07%
- Persistent absence
- 26.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Aldersley High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Wolverhampton
-
Moreton School1.4 miles
Secondary · Wolverhampton
-
Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Wolverhampton
-
Codsall Community High School2.1 miles
Secondary · Wolverhampton
-
Thomas Telford University Technical College2.3 miles
Secondary · Wolverhampton
Other schools in Wolverhampton
Ormiston NEW Academy ranks 20th of the 20 ranked secondary schools in Wolverhampton.
- Aldersley High School Secondary
- Codsall Community High School Secondary
- Colton Hills Community School Secondary
- Coppice Performing Arts School Secondary
- Heath Park Secondary
- Highfields School Secondary
- Moreton School Secondary
- Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Secondary
- Smestow Academy Secondary
- St Edmund's Catholic Academy Secondary
- St Matthias School Secondary
- St Peter's Collegiate Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ormiston NEW Academy teach?
- Ormiston NEW Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Wolverhampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Ormiston NEW Academy?
- The headteacher of Ormiston NEW Academy is Mr Craig Cooling, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ormiston NEW Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ormiston NEW Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Ormiston NEW Academy?
- Ormiston NEW Academy has 1,094 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Ormiston NEW Academy full?
- Ormiston NEW Academy has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 1,094 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ormiston NEW Academy a faith school?
- No. Ormiston NEW Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Ormiston NEW Academy?
- Ormiston NEW Academy is part of ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ormiston NEW Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 36.2 in 2022/23 and 35.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ormiston NEW Academy rank locally?
- Ormiston NEW Academy ranked 20th of 20 secondary schools in Wolverhampton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ormiston NEW Academy's absence rate?
- Ormiston NEW Academy's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ormiston NEW Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ormiston NEW Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.