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
1067 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
30.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
58.2%
Persistent absence
25.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.1%
African 16.1%
Mixed 14.2%
Indian 11.9%
Other White 7.8%
Other Asian 4.3%
Caribbean 4.3%
Pakistani 3.8%
Other 2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 29%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 35.6
Local authority average 44.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.81
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award60
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award21
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award30
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award44
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE34
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE45
BiologyGCSE20
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ormiston NEW Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
182
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
99
2nd preference
70
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
11
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 classes23.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
199
99
100
Year 8
215
113
102
Year 9
210
98
112
Year 10
175
88
87
Year 11
156
83
73
Year 12
72
52
20
Year 13
40
22
18
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
37.0%
38.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
36.0%
45.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
17.0%
6.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
9.0%
3.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
66.0%
65.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
17.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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