Ormiston Six Villages Academy

Ormiston Six Villages Academy is a good school with a strong sense of community where most pupils enjoy their experience and exhibit respect towards each other. The school's leadership demonstrates ambition and commitment to continuous improvement, effectively addressing any incidents of bullying and ensuring a safe environment for pupils. Despite some positive strengths, there are challenges with a minority of pupils displaying negative attitudes toward learning and a small number attending school regularly, which hinders their progress.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and inclusivity.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• High expectations for pupil learning and behaviour.
• Broad and balanced curriculum with clear learning steps.
• Effective additional support for weaker readers.
• Strong subject knowledge among most teachers.
• Well-organized routines support knowledge retention.

Areas for Improvement

• Variable implementation of the curriculum by some teachers.
• A minority of pupils do not have positive attitudes towards learning.
• Some pupils do not attend school regularly.

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 Six Villages Academy attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 26.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 7.0% of pupils at Ormiston Six Villages Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Six Villages Academy had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 21.1% of pupils at Ormiston Six Villages Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Ormiston Six Villages Academy received £8,028 and spent £7,730 for each of its 698 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £527,000 (£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 Chichester · West Sussex local authority: places and applications

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

• Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy Cowes
• Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy Newport
• Ormiston Queensmill Academy London
• Ormiston Kensington Queensmill Academy London
• Ormiston Rivers Academy Burnham-On-Crouch
• Ormiston Sudbury Academy Sudbury
• Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy Ipswich
• Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy Ipswich
• Ormiston Endeavour Academy Ipswich
• Ormiston Bushfield Academy Peterborough

What is Ormiston Six Villages Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ormiston Six Villages Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Ormiston Six Villages Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Ormiston Six Villages Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Ormiston Six Villages Academy have?

Ormiston Six Villages Academy has 731 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ormiston Six Villages Academy cover?

Ormiston Six Villages Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Ormiston Six Villages Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 42.2, and 31% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Ormiston Six Villages Academy?

Ormiston Six Villages Academy is at Lime Avenue, Westergate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 3UE.