Ormiston Horizon Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 22 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Unique reference
- 136680
- Address
- Turnhurst Road, Tunstall, ST6 6JZ
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1053 (100% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.1%
- Girls
- 49.9%
- First language not English
- 6.8%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 34.6%
- Persistent absence
- 35.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 15.8%
White British 87.3%
Mixed 3.8%
Other White 3.4%
African 2.3%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.99
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.35
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 12%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 26%
Local authority average 33%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 36.6
Local authority average 40.5
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.09
Local authority average 3.37
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 18 |
Dance: General | Technical Award | 12 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 22 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 19 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 34 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 11 |
Biology | GCSE | 23 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 23 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 22 |
Admissions
Ormiston Horizon Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 222
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 223
- 2nd preference
- 96
- 3rd preference
- 46
- From another Local Authority
- 19
Offers
- 1st preference
- 211
- 2nd preference
- 10
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 5
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.1 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 213 114 99 |
Year 8 | 217 107 110 |
Year 9 | 207 103 104 |
Year 10 | 207 104 103 |
Year 11 | 209 100 109 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 85.0% 79.5% 85.6% |
Further education | 74.0% 47.4% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 12.5% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 10.0% 19.3% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.2% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 6.0% 7.3% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 4.3% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 7.0% 8.1% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.8% 1.2% |