Ormiston Venture AcademyGreat Yarmouth Charter Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Ormiston Venture Academy and Great Yarmouth Charter Academy are secondary schools.

  • Ormiston Venture Academy scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Great Yarmouth Charter Academy scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Ormiston Venture Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Ormiston Venture Academy was judged exceptional and Great Yarmouth Charter Academy was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 47.3 for Ormiston Venture Academy and 38.6 for Great Yarmouth Charter Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Ormiston Venture Academy (50.0 in 2021-22, 47.3 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Great Yarmouth Charter Academy (44.9 in 2021-22, 38.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Ormiston Venture Academy versus Great Yarmouth Charter Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GorlestonOrmiston Venture AcademyGreat YarmouthGreat Yarmouth Charter AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC67/100Stronger figureD51/100
Local ranking5th of 53 in Norfolk Stronger figure43rd of 53 in Norfolk
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Free schools
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll902 895
Capacity900 1,500
LocationGorleston, NR31 7JJ Great Yarmouth, NR30 4LS
GCSE results
Attainment 847.3 Stronger figure38.6 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths44.6% Stronger figure34.4% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths67.2% Stronger figure52.2% 64.8%
Entering EBacc29.4% Stronger figure28.7% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.03 Stronger figure3.25 4.09
Cohort177 157
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported14
A-level average pointsNot reported17.4 34.4
A-level average gradeNot reportedD-
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported16.2 35.1
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported0.0% 17.1%
Pupils
Pupils in the census902 895
Free school meals (ever 6)40.5% 55.4%
English as an additional language6.5% 32.7%
SEN support24.4% 9.6%
SEN with an EHC plan6.2% 3.1%
Attendance
Overall absence10.5% Stronger figure11.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence28.5% Stronger figure34.5% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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