Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy (OSSMA) opened in September 2010. We were one of the first Academies in Stoke-on-Trent to have a new building which opened in January 2013. Our Principal is Mark Stanyer.
The Academy was constructed on the site of the existing Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy. The site includes the co-location of a new special school - Kemball.
Maximum pupil numbers are 1050, 11 to 16 and from September 2014, 150 post 16 giving a total occupancy of 1200.
Our new state of the art building's key features include:
Faculty clusters based around social learning zones or "hubs"
Central "street space"
400 Seat Arts Theatre
Drama Studio/Conference Room
Flexible, agile and adaptable environments
Access to over 300 computers
4 badminton court sized sports hall with facilities for indoor cricket, netball, volleyball and basketball
Fully equipped dance studio
Fitness Suite
4 Outdoor Tennis Courts
Upgraded grass pitches and Synthetic Turf Pitch to Football Association standard to promote links with Stoke City Football Academy.
We have ambitious plans to share our facilities with our community. Any community group wishing to make use of our facilities, please contact our Extended Services Director or Centre Manager.
Everyone involved with Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy has a great deal of pride in their new school. It has benefited greatly from the ‘halo effect’ of Sir Stanley Matthews’s legacy. His daughter, Jean Gough, attended the school’s launch event, which was a huge success and was attended by the press. The academy is working closely with Stoke City football club. Academy students acted as guards of honour at a match between Stoke City and Blackpool, two clubs that Sir Stanley played for, in front of 26,000 people. The name has made a big impact outside of Stoke-on-Trent as the academy challenged an under-14s football team from a Blackpool school to compete against them for the ‘Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Cup,’ creating publicity in Blackpool as well as Stoke-on-Trent.
