The Orme Academy
Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Newcastle · ST5 9JU · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 140802
St John Fisher Catholic College
Academy converter · Newcastle Under Lyme · ST5 2SJ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,075
Local authority
Staffordshire
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, 1,075 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 22.5%. Religious character: Catholic.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140802
Location
- Address
- Ashfields New Road
- Postcode
- ST5 2SJ
- Town
- Newcastle Under Lyme
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,075
- Boys / girls
- 536 / 539
- School capacity
- 981
- Capacity fill
- 1,075 / 981 (110%)
- Free school meals
- 22.5%
- FSM pupils
- 216
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Governance
- Academy trust: ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Telephone
- 01782307551