Ormiston Venture Academy
Oriel Avenue, Gorleston, NR31 7JJ
889 pupils · 99% of 900 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 18 March 2025, published 6 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 44.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 67.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 29.4% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.49 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 168 | 250 | 469 | 168 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 163 | 213 | 444 | 163 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 167 | 276 | 437 | 167 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 174 | 240 | 388 | 174 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 172 | 217 | 336 | 172 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 178 | 248 | 395 | 178 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 174 | 198 | 359 | 174 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 176 | 214 | 381 | 176 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Cliff Park Ormiston Academy 1.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Lynn Grove Academy 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy 6 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics 8.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Ormiston Denes Academy 9.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Caister Academy 9.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.