Outwood Academy Normanby
Normanby Road, South Bank, Middlesbrough, TS6 9AG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Dr Mark Robinson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Redcar
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 787
- URN
- 147544
- Local authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642454577
About this school
Outwood Academy Normanby is a secondary academy in Middlesbrough. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 787 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 122 | 136 | 132 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.0 | 34.7 | 35.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.54 -1.79 to -1.28 | -1.34 -1.59 to -1.10 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 30.9% | 29.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% | 54.4% | 56.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 12.5% | 9.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
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 Outwood Academy Normanby has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Redcar and Cleveland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 31 | 38.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.7 | 33.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.4 | 32.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 731 |
| 2023/24 | 767 |
| 2024/25 | 765 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Outwood Academy Normanby compares
Outwood Academy Normanby ranked 9th of 10 secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.4 | 12.2% | 53.2% | 787 | — |
| St Peter's Catholic College | 34.3 | 9% | 55.2% | 572 | 0.6 miles |
| Outwood Academy Ormesby | 33.1 | 15.3% | 65% | 698 | 1.0 miles |
| Lift Unity City | 34.2 | 13.8% | 72.5% | 1,033 | 1.6 miles |
| Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form | 47 | 11% | 23.6% | 1,321 | 2.5 miles |
| Outwood Academy Riverside | 43.2 | 7.5% | 64.5% | 745 | 2.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.2%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 12.24%
- Persistent absence
- 36.24%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Peter's Catholic College0.6 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
-
Outwood Academy Ormesby1.0 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
-
Lift Unity City1.6 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
-
Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form2.5 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
-
Outwood Academy Riverside2.7 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
Other schools in Middlesbrough
Outwood Academy Normanby ranks 8th of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Middlesbrough.
- Acklam Grange School Secondary
- Lift Unity City Secondary
- Macmillan Academy Secondary
- Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Outwood Academy Acklam Secondary
- Outwood Academy Ormesby Secondary
- Outwood Academy Riverside Secondary
- St Peter's Catholic College Secondary
- The King's Academy Secondary
- Trinity Catholic College Secondary
- Abingdon Primary School Primary
- Acklam Whin Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Outwood Academy Normanby teach?
- Outwood Academy Normanby teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Middlesbrough.
- Who is the headteacher of Outwood Academy Normanby?
- The headteacher of Outwood Academy Normanby is Dr Mark Robinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Outwood Academy Normanby last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Outwood Academy Normanby, 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 Outwood Academy Normanby?
- Outwood Academy Normanby has 787 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Outwood Academy Normanby full?
- Outwood Academy Normanby has capacity for 750 pupils and 787 on roll (105%), so it is at or above 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 Outwood Academy Normanby a faith school?
- No. Outwood Academy Normanby has no designated religious character.
- Is Outwood Academy Normanby a selective school?
- No. Outwood Academy Normanby is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Outwood Academy Normanby?
- Outwood Academy Normanby is part of OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Outwood Academy Normanby have?
- The schools register lists Outwood Academy Normanby's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Outwood Academy Normanby's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31 in 2022/23 and 35.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Outwood Academy Normanby rank locally?
- Outwood Academy Normanby ranked 9th of 10 secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Outwood Academy Normanby's absence rate?
- Outwood Academy Normanby's overall absence rate is 12.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Outwood Academy Normanby's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Outwood Academy Normanby'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 10 July 2026.