Ormiston Rivers Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex·CM0 8QB
Composite score
52.4
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#2,241
National rank
#247
In East of England
#49
In Essex
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
29%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.46

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
175 first choices, 176 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
244
any preference, for 176 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720221.0820230.9420240.9920250.992026

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

Every child who put Ormiston Rivers Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,077
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
0.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
34.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,750
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
91%
211 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
78%
Apprenticeship
9%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Ormiston Rivers Academy is a secondary school serving Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,077 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.9, below the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

29% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Ormiston Rivers Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 175 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.3%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. Ormiston Rivers 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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