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Ormiston Endeavour Academy

Secondary · Ipswich · IP1 6SG

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 6 May 2026 · report published 11 October 2026

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At a glance

793 pupils · 88% of 900 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
17.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://ormistonendeavouracademy.co.uk/
URN
137674

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 161 families named it first for 174 Year 7 places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.571 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 6 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

174 places offered · 161 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.571 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.571 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

111 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
42.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
34.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school42.8
Median of its 12 closest peers42.8
Suffolk average43.3
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Cleeve Park SchoolSidcup · 63 miles awayGood39.7
St Francis Xavier's Catholic AcademyLiverpool · 190 miles awayRequires improvement36.7
Leasowes High SchoolHalesowen · 136 miles awayGood41.8
Gosford Hill SchoolKidlington · 105 miles awayExpected standard45.3
Buckler's Mead SchoolYeovil · 180 miles awayGood44.5
The Queen Elizabeth AcademyAtherstone · 118 miles awayExpected standard43.9
King Edward VI King's Norton School for BoysBirmingham · 132 miles awayGood47.6
North Kesteven AcademyLincoln · 105 miles awayNeeds attention37.9
Northallerton School & Sixth Form CollegeNorthallerton · 188 miles awayNeeds attention37.5
Lightcliffe AcademyHalifax · 166 miles awayGood38.5
Avonbourne Boys' AcademyBournemouth · 158 miles awayOutstanding47.3
Lowton Church of England High SchoolWarrington · 181 miles awayGood47.5

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 64% (Suffolk 77%, England 59%) · Any other White background 8% (Suffolk 7%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Suffolk 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Suffolk 2%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Suffolk 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Suffolk 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Suffolk 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Suffolk 1%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Suffolk 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Suffolk 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Suffolk 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Suffolk 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

32.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 5 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Suffolk: 30.98 suspensions and 0.34 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

72.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,423; 11.4% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,961
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£445,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
86%
Continuing in education
80%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
3%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health37.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.5%62.3%
Social housing2%17.1%
Privately rented7.5%20.5%
Detached houses34.9%22.9%
Flats0.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030034 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£275,000265 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£315,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (39)£380,000
Semi-detached (183)£270,000
Terraced (40)£260,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (2.53 km, 2026 entry): 1,070 sales, median £257,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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