Ormiston Venture Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding May 1 2013 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
- Not applicable
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Unique reference
- 136187
- Address
- Oriel Avenue, Great Yarmouth, NR31 7JJ
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 887 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 52.8%
- Girls
- 47.2%
- First language not English
- 5.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 38.8%
- Persistent absence
- 26.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 25.8%
White British 88.7%
Other White 3.9%
Mixed 2.4%
Other Asian 2%
African 0.9%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.09
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.01
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 24%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 39%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 43.6
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.63
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Tourism | Technical Award | 31 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 35 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 30 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 19 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 35 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 38 |
English Language | GCSE | 174 |
English Literature | GCSE | 174 |
French | GCSE | 34 |
Geography | GCSE | 80 |
Admissions
Ormiston Venture Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 167
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 276
- 2nd preference
- 146
- 3rd preference
- 15
- From another Local Authority
- 9
Offers
- 1st preference
- 166
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.6 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 186 107 79 |
Year 8 | 180 99 81 |
Year 9 | 177 78 99 |
Year 10 | 175 92 83 |
Year 11 | 169 92 77 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 81.0% 85.0% 86.5% |
Further education | 31.0% 41.4% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 4.0% 35.3% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 46.0% 7.4% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 5.0% 5.0% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 3.6% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 9.0% 5.7% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 0.7% 1.0% |