SCHOOL PROFILE

Ormiston Horizon Academy: data, trends and context

Ormiston Horizon Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136680
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Region
West Midlands
Trust
ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
ST6 6JZ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,029
FSM eligible
38.9%
EAL / First language other than English
9.2%
SEND (total)
23.7%
SEN Support
21.6%
EHCP
2.1%
White British
84.2%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
88.4%
Overall absence
11.6%
Persistent absence
34.1%
Severe absence
7.6%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Stoke-on-TrentLocal authority90.7%9.3%4.5%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
60.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
16.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.58%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
37.3
English & maths grade 5+
29.3%
English & maths grade 4+
51.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Ormiston Horizon Academy against 25 similar schools

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Ormiston Horizon Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.