Ormiston Denes Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Mar 4 2025 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
139403
Address
Yarmouth Road, NR32 4AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
730 (62% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
7.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
55.6%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.8%
Pupil ethnicities
EthnicityPercentage
Other1.2%
Unclassified1.6%
Other White3.8%
Mixed5.6%
White British84.5%
Other Asian
0.8%
Irish
0.7%
African
0.5%
Other Black
0.4%
Indian
0.3%
Caribbean
0.3%
Pakistani
0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

AreaResult
School
25%
Local authority average
27%
England average
41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

AreaResult
School
30%
Local authority average
40%
England average
45%

Attainment 8 score

NameValue
School
40.5
Local authority average
42.8
England average
46

EBacc average point score

NameValue
School
3.43
Local authority average
3.7
England average
4.09
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award18
TourismTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE127
English LiteratureGCSE127
FrenchGCSE16
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ormiston Denes Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
106
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
9
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
106
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
140
65
75
Year 8
156
85
71
Year 9
172
91
81
Year 10
131
71
60
Year 11
131
59
72
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
86.1%
85.5%
Further education
71.0%
41.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
0.0%
39.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
4.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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