Ormiston Victory Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 15 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
Norfolk
Unique reference
136186
Address
Middleton Crescent, Costessey, NR5 0PX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1414 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
11.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.5%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.4%
Other White 5.4%
Mixed 4.7%
African 3.3%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other Asian 2%
Other 1.8%
Indian 1.1%
Other Black 1.1%
Chinese 0.7%
Pakistani 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award41
Speech & DramaTechnical Award29
Sports StudiesTechnical Award66
TourismTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE57
ChineseGCSE11
Classical CivilisationGCSE13
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Ormiston Victory Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
280
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
291
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
275
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
297
144
153
Year 8
277
154
123
Year 9
211
103
108
Year 10
229
121
108
Year 11
224
108
116
Year 12
102
39
63
Year 13
74
34
40
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
83.4%
85.6%
Further education
30.0%
41.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
50.0%
34.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
57.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
16.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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