Ormiston Victory Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Norwich, Norfolk·NR5 0PX
Composite score
56.6
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#1,659
National rank
#185
In East of England
#28
In Norfolk
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.71

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
287 first choices, 284 places
First choices per place
1.01
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
400
any preference, for 284 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520220.9320231.0420240.9020251.012026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Norfolk does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Ormiston Victory Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,477
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
12.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,383
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
219 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Ormiston Victory Academy is a secondary school serving Norwich, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,477 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.3, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 68% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 95% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (287 first choices for 284 places). After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.3%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. Ormiston Victory Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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