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Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 754Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136185URN

Barnfield Avenue, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6EP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.3 below Halton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Halton

162 applications for 96 places · 7th of 7 in Halton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.0of 90
6th of 8 in Halton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 28 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 13 January 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 10 May 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Halton median (2.0) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

162 applications · 96 places offered · 93 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.7; Halton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.6; Halton median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.3; Halton median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.2; Halton median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.3; Halton median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.5; Halton median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.4; Halton median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.3; Halton median median 1.3
  9. 2018 1.5; Halton median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.4; Halton median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.5; Halton median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.6; Halton median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.7; Halton median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Halton median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Halton median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026961621.7930.97
Sep 20251081701.61030.95
Sep 20241211541.3990.82
Sep 20231491761.21180.79
Sep 20221582081.31350.85
Sep 20211732571.51741.01
Sep 20201782451.41680.94
Sep 20192182861.32150.99
Sep 20181802651.51851.03
Sep 20171972731.41971.00
Sep 20161792651.51911.07
Sep 20151562511.61550.99
Sep 20141292131.71270.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

154 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.06th of 8 in Halton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%6th of 8 in Halton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%
  • This school
  • Halton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.66
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15437.031%49%–
2024/2513535.933%53%–
2023/2418537.327%47%−0.66
2022/2317938.724%47%−0.63

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136185 · 876/6905
Trust
Ormiston Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,250 pupils · 754 on roll
Free school meals
61.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Halton High School (URN 132825)
Address
Barnfield Avenue, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6EP
Local authority
Halton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources