Wodensborough Ormiston Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 24 2021 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
Sandwell
Unique reference
139918
Address
Hydes Road, WS10 0DR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1184 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
19.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.9%
Persistent absence
29.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.5%
Other White 7.5%
Indian 7.3%
Mixed 6.8%
Other Asian 3.2%
African 2.4%
Unclassified 2.1%
Caribbean 1.9%
Other Black 1.9%
Other 1.8%
Pakistani 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 35%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.3
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award42
Sports StudiesTechnical Award40
TourismTechnical Award28
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award4
Health StudiesTechnical Award28
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award55
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
BengaliGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wodensborough Ormiston Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
214
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
220
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
29
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
201
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
246
138
108
Year 8
232
115
117
Year 9
217
111
106
Year 10
241
125
116
Year 11
218
104
114
Year 12
23
8
15
Year 13
7
5
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
64.0%
52.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
11.0%
27.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
7.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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