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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award31
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award35
Speech & DramaTechnical Award30
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE174
English LiteratureGCSE174
FrenchGCSE34
GeographyGCSE80
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ormiston Venture Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
167
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
276
2nd preference
146
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
166
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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