Ormiston Venture Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C69
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gorleston, NR31 7JJ
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Cliff Park Ormiston Academy
Kennedy Avenue, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 6TA
Local ranking50th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 175
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 808
- Boys
- 433 (53%)
- Girls
- 379 (47%)
- Capacity
- 900 (90% full)
- SEND
- 27.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.1%
- EAL
- 11.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 23.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,895/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.4%
- White Other: 8.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Black African: 3.2%
- Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
78.4%
White British
8.6%
White Other
3.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Kennedy Avenue
Great Yarmouth, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 140364
- UKPRN
- 10044155
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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