Ormiston Herman Academy

Ormiston Herman Academy continues to perform well as a good school, with pupils expressing enthusiasm for learning and engagement in various school activities. The school has cultivated a strong sense of community, where both staff and students feel safe and respected, leading to positive behavior and a conducive learning environment. Despite the school’s strong reading focus and effective interventions for students who are falling behind, there are identified weaknesses in the retention of knowledge in some foundation subjects that need to be addressed to better prepare older pupils for future learning.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending school and feel safe and respected.
• Strong emphasis on early reading and reading interventions.
• The curriculum is generally well planned, allowing most pupils to achieve well.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND enabling their access to the curriculum.
• Wide variety of extra-curricular activities offered to pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent building on prior knowledge in some foundation subjects.
• Limited subject knowledge retention among some pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Ormiston Herman Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Ormiston Herman Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Ormiston Herman Academy had 23.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.9% of pupils at Ormiston Herman Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Ormiston Herman Academy received £6,801 and spent £6,846 for each of its 389 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £294,000 (£755 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of Ormiston Academies Trust, income was £8,888 and spending £8,698 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Great Yarmouth · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Ormiston Herman Academy is part of Ormiston Academies Trust, which runs 41 schools. The nearest others:

• Ormiston Venture Academy Gorleston
• Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth
• Ormiston Cliff Park Primary Academy Great Yarmouth
• Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth
• Ormiston Denes Academy Lowestoft
• Flegg High Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth
• Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich
• City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy Norwich
• Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich
• Ormiston Endeavour Academy Ipswich

What is Ormiston Herman Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ormiston Herman Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Ormiston Herman Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Ormiston Herman Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Ormiston Herman Academy have?

Ormiston Herman Academy has 420 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ormiston Herman Academy cover?

Ormiston Herman Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Ormiston Herman Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ormiston Herman Academy?

Ormiston Herman Academy is at Oriel Avenue, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 7JL.