Academy sponsor led · Norfolk

Cliff Park Ormiston Academy

11–16Ages
812Pupils
SecondaryPhase
140364URN

Kennedy Avenue, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 6TA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

close to Norfolk median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Norfolk

264 applications for 172 places · 32nd of 51 in Norfolk

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

36.8of 90

Norfolk 44.6 England 46.0

51st of 53 in Norfolk

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 29 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good

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

1.5applications per place, Year 7

close to Norfolk median (1.6) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

264 applications · 172 places offered · 75 named it first

2026 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6
2025 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
2023 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
2022 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
2021 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
2020 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.5
2019 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.5
2018 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
2017 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.3
2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
2015 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
2014 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4

This school
Norfolk 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	172	264	1.5	75	0.44
Sep 2025	143	255	1.8	98	0.69
Sep 2024	172	211	1.2	89	0.52
Sep 2023	174	222	1.3	105	0.60
Sep 2022	164	249	1.5	139	0.85
Sep 2021	179	252	1.4	128	0.72
Sep 2020	139	232	1.7	118	0.85
Sep 2019	170	276	1.6	145	0.85
Sep 2018	179	297	1.7	152	0.85
Sep 2017	130	192	1.5	115	0.88
Sep 2016	162	214	1.3	159	0.98
Sep 2015	170	263	1.6	166	0.98
Sep 2014	156	246	1.6	150	0.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

175 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.851st of 53 in Norfolk

Norfolk 44.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%48th of 53 in Norfolk

Norfolk 40% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths47%

Norfolk 63% England 66%

This school
Norfolk median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.70

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	175	36.8	28%	47%	–
2024/25	138	35.9	28%	44%	–
2023/24	167	34.5	23%	40%	−0.70
2022/23	172	36.8	24%	43%	−0.37

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

Cliff Park Ormiston AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.5applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
Ormiston Venture Academy
1.2 km · Norfolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
Lynn Grove Academy
2.6 km · Norfolk

Good2023

1.8applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
6.4 km · Norfolk

Remains Good2024

1.4applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
7.3 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.3applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
Ormiston Denes Academy
8.3 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
Caister Academy
10.2 km · Norfolk

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
East Point Academy
10.5 km · Suffolk

2026

1.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
Pakefield High School
12.6 km · Suffolk

Good2023

1.7applications per place 42.3Attainment 8

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: 140364 · 926/4011
Trust: Ormiston Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 900 pupils · 812 on roll
Free school meals: 44.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2014
Replaced: Cliff Park High School (URN 121217)
Address: Kennedy Avenue, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 6TA
Local authority: Norfolk · Great Yarmouth

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