Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy

About Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy

Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy is a popular choice among local families, with 41 applications for just 18 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.28. Seventeen of those applications were first-preference offers, meaning nearly every family who put it top got a place, but the overall demand is more than double the available spots. This suggests a school that parents in Great Yarmouth trust and actively seek out, even though it is not the highest-ranked primary in the area. The school is a mixed, state-funded primary for ages 4 to 11, with no religious character, and is led by headteacher Craig Honey. It currently has 278 pupils on roll, well below its capacity of 378, so there is room to grow. Over two in five pupils (42.1%) are eligible for free school meals, which is significantly above the national average and points to a community with higher-than-average deprivation.

Academically, the school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2023 rated it Good overall, a notable improvement from its previous Inadequate rating in 2020. Every category – quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision – was judged Good. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 tests, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Norfolk local authority average of 52%. However, the school’s average scores in reading (103) and maths (102) are both above the national benchmark of 100, and 19% of pupils achieved a higher standard in reading. Progress scores are not available, so it is hard to say how much value the school adds, but the raw attainment places it 20th out of 27 schools in Great Yarmouth and in the bottom half nationally.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, art studios, and an outdoor playground, plus a chapel on site. Sports provision includes swimming, netball, gymnastics and rounders, and there are clubs such as science, gardening, chess and film club. For families with children who have additional needs, the SEND provision is comprehensive, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder, along with a resourced provision. This makes it a strong option for parents whose children require extra support within a mainstream setting. Given its oversubscription but still manageable size, it suits families who want a community-focused primary with good Ofsted grades and a wide net of support, even if headline exam results are not the strongest in the region.

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