Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Runcorn, WA7 6EP
- Distance
- 2.9km away
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy, Wharford Lane, Runcorn, WA7 1QU
Local ranking3rd of 8 secondary schools in Halton
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
630
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 17 April 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 122
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 599
- Boys
- 317 (50%)
- Girls
- 314 (50%)
- Capacity
- 630 (100% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.9%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,130/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
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.7%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Other: 1.0%
- White Irish: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
87.7%
White British
3.7%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Runcorn, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 147683
- UKPRN
- 10085101
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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