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Outwood Academy Acklam

URN
139823
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Outwood Academy Acklam
URN
139823
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

56 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

52

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

47

Destinations

44

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#5 of 7 schools in Middlesbrough

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Outwood Academy Acklam

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 3 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
7 May 2025
Inspection date
11 March 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 7 May 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 7 May 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

227

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

688

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

218

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.03×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Middlesbrough
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Middlesbrough)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.acklam.outwood.com/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Middlesbrough to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

42.9

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

47.1%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

65.2%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

14.2%

EBacc achievement

Location

TS5 7JY - Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough

Contact details

Address
Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough
Postcode
TS5 7JY
Phone
1642818200
Website
http://www.acklam.outwood.com/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Middlesbrough
Local authority code
806

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 168 schools in Middlesbrough.

Authority statistics

Total schools

168

Open schools

64

Closed schools

104

Primary schools

101

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 7 May 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 7 May 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    7 May 202511 March 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 7 May 2025
    21 October 20193 October 2019-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 21 October 2019
    • Inspection

      Published
      7 May 2025
      Inspected
      11 March 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      21 October 2019
      Inspected
      3 October 2019
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    31.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 145

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    8.8%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    84.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    Not published

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    29

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary101 (60.1%)
    • Secondary29 (17.3%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other38 (22.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    King's Manor School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Hustler School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Oakfields Community College0 mSecondaryClosed
    Hall Garth Community Arts College95 mSecondaryClosed
    Boynton School95 mSecondaryClosed
    Acklam Sixth Form College340 m16 plusClosed
    St David's Roman Catholic Technology College433 mSecondaryClosed
    Newham Bridge Primary School527 mPrimaryOpen
    Newham Bridge Primary School527 mPrimaryClosed
    Kader Academy815 mPrimaryOpen
    • King's Manor School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Hustler School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Oakfields Community College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Hall Garth Community Arts College
      Distance
      95 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Middlesbrough)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Acklam Grange SchoolSecondaryTS5 8PBClosed
    Acklam Grange SchoolSecondaryTS5 8PBOpen
    Bede Sixth Form CollegeSecondary-Closed
    Boynton SchoolSecondaryTS5 7JXClosed
    Brackenhoe SchoolSecondaryTS4 3RXClosed
    • Acklam Grange School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TS5 8PB
      Status
      Closed
    • Acklam Grange School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TS5 8PB
      Status
      Open
    • Bede Sixth Form College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      -
      Status
      Closed
    • Boynton School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TS5 7JX
      Status
      Closed
    • Brackenhoe School
    Boynton School
    Distance
    95 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Acklam Sixth Form College
    Distance
    340 m
    Phase
    16 plus
    Status
    Closed
  • St David's Roman Catholic Technology College
    Distance
    433 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Newham Bridge Primary School
    Distance
    527 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Newham Bridge Primary School
    Distance
    527 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Kader Academy
    Distance
    815 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    TS4 3RX
    Status
    Closed