Ormiston NEW Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
145134
Address
Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, WV10 6SE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
996 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
30.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.8%
Persistent absence
28.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.1%
Mixed 14.5%
African 13.8%
Indian 11.7%
Other White 8.8%
Caribbean 4.4%
Pakistani 4.3%
Other Asian 3.6%
Other 2.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Other Black 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.58
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.2
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.72
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award11
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award37
Health StudiesTechnical Award46
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award67
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ormiston NEW Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
122
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
122
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
4
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 classes26.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
196
103
93
Year 8
204
93
111
Year 9
177
85
92
Year 10
154
81
73
Year 11
160
82
78
Year 12
58
36
22
Year 13
47
27
20
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
87.6%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
32.0%
48.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
5.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
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
63.0%
67.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
14.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
14.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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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