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Ormiston Venture Academy

Great Yarmouth, NR31 7JJSecondaryAges 11–16MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
4 Good
Mar 2025
Progress 8
No data
First choices / offers
1.5×
More first choices than offers made
250 1st-choice / 168 offers made
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#489 of 3,141 nationally

About Ormiston Venture Academy

Ormiston Venture Academy is a state-funded secondary school in Great Yarmouth, East of England, for pupils aged 11 to 16 for boys and girls. DfE data records 889 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 900.

The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Outstanding (18 Mar 2025). the published Attainment 8 score was 47.3 for 2024/25. admissions data records 250 first-preference applications and 168 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.

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Key Details

School TypeSecondary (State)
Age Range11 to 16 years
GenderMixed
AddressOriel Avenue, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 7JJ
HeadteacherMr Simon Gilbert-Barnham
Local AuthorityNorfolk
Number of Pupils889
Free School Meals (FSM)40.4%
School Capacity889 / 900 (99% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

18 Mar 2025
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Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding

State-funded school inspections stopped receiving a single overall grade from September 2024. Renewed inspections from November 2025 use report cards with separate five-point grades that are not directly comparable with the old scale.

Source: Ofsted, 6 May 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Published SEND Data

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingVisionPhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education. Confirm current provision with the school's SENCO.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:25 – 14:55

Breakfast club

07:30-08:25

After-school care

14:55-15:45

Source: ormistonventureacademy.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Ormiston Venture Academy

Ormiston Venture Academy has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This is the overall judgement recorded under the inspection framework in use on the inspection date. Read the report and date before comparing it with newer inspections.