Ormiston Horizon AcademyHaywood Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Stoke-on-Trent.

Summary of the comparison

Ormiston Horizon Academy and Haywood Academy are secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.

  • Ormiston Horizon Academy scores 41 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Haywood Academy scores 42 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Haywood Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Ormiston Horizon Academy was judged Good and Haywood Academy was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 37.3 for Ormiston Horizon Academy and 36.1 for Haywood Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Ormiston Horizon Academy (41.4 in 2021-22, 37.3 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Haywood Academy (39.1 in 2021-22, 36.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Ormiston Horizon Academy versus Haywood Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Stoke-on-TrentOrmiston Horizon AcademyStoke-on-TrentHaywood AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD41/100D42/100Stronger figure
Local ranking12th of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent 11th of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,029 1,112
Capacity1,050 1,050
LocationStoke-on-Trent, ST6 6JZ Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 7AB
GCSE results
Attainment 837.3 Stronger figure36.1 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths29.3% Stronger figure17.0% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths51.0% Stronger figure43.7% 64.8%
Entering EBacc7.6% Stronger figure4.4% 40.5%
EBacc average point score3.13 Stronger figure2.85 4.09
Cohort198 206
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported4
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,029 1,112
Free school meals (ever 6)42.5% 46.7%
English as an additional language7.8% 21.2%
SEN support18.3% 15.6%
SEN with an EHC plan1.3% 3.8%
Attendance
Overall absence11.6% Stronger figure12.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence34.1% Stronger figure40.3% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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