Ormiston SWB Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 25 2021 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
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
145008
Address
Dudley Street, WV14 0LN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1184 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
12.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
53.5%
Persistent absence
28.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64%
Mixed 9.3%
Other White 5.9%
Other Asian 5.4%
Indian 5%
Caribbean 3.8%
African 3.8%
Other Black 1.2%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
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
-0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.9
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award147
TourismTechnical Award1
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award22
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award47
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award61
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
MultimediaTechnical Award13
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Speech & DramaTechnical Award20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ormiston SWB Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
222
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
229
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
126
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
197
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
65
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
230
120
110
Year 8
228
126
102
Year 9
195
95
100
Year 10
194
84
110
Year 11
225
123
102
Year 12
62
25
37
Year 13
50
20
30
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
87.6%
86.5%
Further education
62.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
15.0%
48.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.5%
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
67.0%
67.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
14.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
14.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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