Outwood Academy Normanby (formerly Hillsview Academy) is a

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with academy status, located in the

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suburb of

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, England. It has a mixed intake of boys and girls ages 11–18, with 600 pupils on roll . The school is operated by

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, and the current principal is Andrew Wappat.

History

The school was established as Hillsview Academy on 1 September 2014, through the merger of Eston Park and Gillbrook academies on the Gillbrook site. Although Gillbrook supported the merger, Eston Park opposed it with the proposal prompting parental protests. Both the predecessor schools had been rated as inadequate by Ofsted. Eston Park was placed in

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on the 22 May 2013 and Gillbrook in serious weaknesses in December 2013. The two schools adopted a joint Governing Board who arranged the merger. Both predecessor schools and the merged Hillsview Academy were operated by

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(AET). A 2017

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report found Hillsview Academy to be "inadequate", noting instances of racism, bullying, truancy and smoking. Hillsview Academy was placed into special measures and in May 2019 AET announced that the school would be transferred to a new sponsor organisation, Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT). In September 2019 the school was renamed Outwood Academy Normanby and control transferred to OGAT. The Former

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building is due to become "Outwood Alternative Provision Eston" in September 2020.

Uniform

The school's uniform comprises a black school jacket (

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), white shirt/blouse, black trousers/skirt and tie.

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* {{authority control Academies in Redcar and Cleveland Secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland Academies Enterprise Trust Educational institutions established in 2014 Normanby 2014 establishments in England