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Ormiston NEW Academy

Secondary · Wolverhampton · WV10 6SE

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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: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 28 April 2026 · report published 9 June 2026

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At a glance

1,094 pupils · 91% of 1,200 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
60.6% of pupils
English as additional language
30.6% of pupils
SEN support
16.6% of pupils
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.onewa.co.uk
URN
145134

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.71 first-choice applications per place

211 places offered · 150 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
35.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
45.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
31.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.8
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C-
27.3
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30.6%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,679
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
75%
Continuing in education
73%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
34%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
28%
Any sustained destination
70%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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