Ormiston Park Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 21 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Thurrock
Unique reference
135960
Address
Belhus Park Lane, Aveley, RM15 4RU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
728 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
56.9%
Girls
43.1%
First language not English
20.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.4%
Persistent absence
30.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48.6%
Other White 14%
African 11.3%
Unclassified 10.3%
Mixed 7.7%
Indian 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other 1.1%
Pakistani 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.1
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.27
Local authority average 3.84
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award34
BiologyGCSE72
ChemistryGCSE72
English LanguageGCSE141
English LiteratureGCSE141
FrenchGCSE36
GeographyGCSE46
HistoryGCSE43
ItalianGCSE1
MathematicsGCSE141
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ormiston Park Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
147
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
73
2nd preference
77
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
72
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
162
97
65
Year 8
151
90
61
Year 9
129
71
58
Year 10
140
72
68
Year 11
146
84
62
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
84.8%
86.5%
Further education
65.0%
53.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
9.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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