Ormiston Venture Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Oriel Avenue
Great Yarmouth
Gorleston
Norfolk
NR31 7JJ
Phone 01493662966
Reference Number 136187

General Makeup

Number of pupils 887
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.76%
Girls: 47.24%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 38.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 107 79 186
8 99 81 180
9 78 99 177
10 92 83 175
11 92 77 169

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.7%
White, Other 3.9%
Asian, Other 2%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
African 0.9%
Indian 0.7%
White & Asian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.2%
Unclassified 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2013-05-23
Date Description Report
2013-05-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-04-25 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 49.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 67.1% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 146 1
Third Preference 15 0
From another Local Authority 9 1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Name Distance
Ormiston Herman Academy
Oriel Avenue, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 7JL
0.15 miles
Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy
Magdalen Square, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 7BY
0.48 miles
Homefield VC CofE Primary School
Homefield Avenue, Bradwell, Homefield Ce Primary School, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 8NS
0.74 miles
Ormiston Cliff Park Primary Academy
Orde Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6SZ
0.79 miles
Woodlands Primary Academy
Church Walk, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 8QQ
0.81 miles
Stradbroke Primary Academy
Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6LZ
0.93 miles
Hillside Primary School
Lords Lane, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 8PA
0.94 miles
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School
East Anglian Way, Gorleston, East Anglia Way, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6QY
1.19 miles
Wroughton Infant Academy
Beccles Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 8AH
1.21 miles
Wroughton Junior Academy
Burgh Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 8BD
1.21 miles
Moorlands CofE Primary Academy
Moorland Way, Belton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 9PA
1.85 miles
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy
Dickens Avenue, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3DT
2.16 miles
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy
Suffolk Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0ER
2.16 miles
Hopton Church of England Primary Academy
Coast Road, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 9BT
2.26 miles
Southtown Primary School
Tamworth Lane, Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0HJ
2.36 miles
St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth
St Peter's Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3BQ
2.61 miles
Cobholm Primary Academy
Mill Road, Cobholm, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0BA
2.78 miles
St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School
St Nicholas Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1NL
3.06 miles
Northgate Primary School
Northgate Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1BP
3.57 miles
Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
3.84 miles
Name Distance
Cliff Park Ormiston Academy
Kennedy Avenue, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6TA
0.77 miles
East Norfolk Sixth Form College
Church Lane, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 7BQ
0.88 miles
Lynn Grove Academy
Lynn Grove, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 8AP
1.07 miles
Visiting Teacher Service East at Education Services Centre
22 Euston Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1EA
3.14 miles
Novaturient School
22 Euston Road, GREAT YARMOUTH, Norfolk, NR30 1EA
3.14 miles
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4LS
3.72 miles
Bure Park Specialist Academy
16a Keyes Avenue, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 4AE
3.98 miles
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