Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sudbury, CO10 1NW
- Distance
- 2.9km away
Thomas Gainsborough School
Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, CO10 0NH
Local ranking2nd of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 19 November 2024 — 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 54.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 254
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 45.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
38.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
116
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 241
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1615
- Boys
- 813 (50%)
- Girls
- 802 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (115% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.1%
- EAL
- 4.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 13.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,708/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.7%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
88.7%
White British
4.5%
White Other
1.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wells Hall Road
Sudbury, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141639
- UKPRN
- 10048343
- Establishment No.
- 4019
- Trust
- UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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