Cliff Park Ormiston Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Oct 12 2022 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
Norfolk
Unique reference
140364
Address
Kennedy Avenue, Gorleston, NR31 6TA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
832 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
13.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.8%
Persistent absence
41.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.6%
Other White 8.5%
Mixed 5.7%
African 3.2%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other 1.3%
Other Asian 1.1%
Indian 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.8
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.94
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award40
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award41
TourismTechnical Award32
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE16
ChemistryGCSE16
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE167
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Cliff Park Ormiston Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
89
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
89
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
6
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
86
94
Year 8
156
89
67
Year 9
182
104
78
Year 10
145
75
70
Year 11
169
80
89
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
83.4%
85.6%
Further education
34.0%
41.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
34.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
48.0%
7.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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