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Ormiston Endeavour Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Defoe Road, Ipswich IP1 6SG · ormistonendeavouracademy.co.uk · 01473 464545
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 793
- 88% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.5%
- First language not English
- 18.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 161 families put the school first and 174 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 174 | 161 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 143 | 114 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 152 | 138 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 173 | 144 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 151 | 123 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.8, and 34.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼57.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.61 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 37.1 | −1.9 |
| Further education | 41.2 | +2.2 |
| Other education | 1 | −0.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.1 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 1 | −6.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 14.4 | +5.9 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | −0.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 March 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Ormiston Endeavour Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 16 Mar 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 53
- 11% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied