Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy, a.k.a. OSSMA (formerly Blurton High School) is a mixed
secondary school
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...
with
academy status located in the Blurton area of Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...
, England. The school is named after the English footballer
Sir Stanley Matthews and is sponsored by
Ormiston Academies Trust.
Established in 2010, OSSMA was one of the first schools in Stoke-on-Trent to gain academy status and in January 2013 moved into a brand new building.
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy was officially opened in May 2014 by
the Duke of Gloucester, KG GCVO.
Since 2014, OSSMA has been oversubscribed, year on year, with applications for Year 7, making it one of the most applied-for non-selective schools in the city.
In 2014, Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy won the West Midlands region, Pupil Premium Awards and was praised by then, Deputy Prime Minister
Nick Clegg
Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British retired politician and media executive who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. H ...
on the "fantastic work" that goes on in the academy on a daily basis.
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy opens up its facilities to the community during evenings, weekends and holidays, making it "an academy that never sleeps".
Feeder schools
*Christchurch CE Primary School
*Glebe Primary School
*Heron Cross Primary School
*Newstead Primary School
*The Meadows Primary Academy
*Sutherland Primary School
References
OFSTED Report
External links
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Secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Academies in Stoke-on-Trent
Ormiston Academies
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