Ormiston Park Academy

General Info

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

Pupils

Number of Pupils
669 (67% of total capacity)
Boys
56.5%
Girls
43.5%
First language not English
19.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.5%
Persistent absence
31.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 49.9%
Other White 13.9%
African 11.7%
Mixed 8.2%
Unclassified 7%
Indian 2.4%
Other Asian 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Caribbean 1.2%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.5
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.08
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE126
English LiteratureGCSE126
FrenchGCSE19
GeographyGCSE44
HistoryGCSE61
MathematicsGCSE126
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ormiston Park Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
89
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
51
2nd preference
53
3rd preference
42
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
50
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
129
73
56
Year 8
157
89
68
Year 9
133
79
54
Year 10
121
66
55
Year 11
129
71
58
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
83.2%
85.5%
Further education
67.0%
52.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
6.0%
30.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
9.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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