Ormiston Sudbury Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
138506
Address
Tudor Road, CO10 1NW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
692 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
55.8%
Girls
44.2%
First language not English
6.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.9%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85%
Mixed 8.7%
Other White 2%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.62
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 19%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.8
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.91
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award26
Sports StudiesTechnical Award21
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award38
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award25
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award16
Speech & DramaTechnical Award34
Art & DesignGCSE35
BiologyGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ormiston Sudbury Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
112
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
103
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
91
64
Year 8
156
88
68
Year 9
147
76
71
Year 10
109
61
48
Year 11
125
70
55
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
28.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
59.0%
54.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
12.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
9.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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