Ormiston Bushfield Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Peterborough
Ortongate, Peterborough, PE2 5RQ
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 13/05/2025
Application demand
87%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
22.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,212
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
1,250 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
87%
1st preference success rate
198 of 228 families who put it first got an offer
205
Places offered
387
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 228 | 198 | ● 87% |
| 2nd preference | 106 | 7 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 53 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 387 | 205 | 53% |
1st preference success by year
Peterborough lets families list 3 preferences. 18 applications came from outside the council area (7 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dennis Kirwan
- Address
- Ortongate, Peterborough, PE2 5RQ
- Phone
- 01733233014
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Ward / constituency
- Orton Waterville · North West Cambridgeshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 135980
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 38% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 23% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
1,212 pupils · 1,250 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
13 May 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 19
04 December 2019
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,107 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.31 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.09 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.92 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 43.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 23.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.91 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 205 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.38 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 75 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 205 | 14% | 55% | 68% | |
| Mathematics | 204 | 22% | 50% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 204 | 17% | 53% | 71% | |
| History | 129 | 33% | 52% | 61% | |
| Combined Science | 128 | 5% | 23% | 45% | |
| Biology | 77 | 9% | 57% | 75% | |
| Physics | 76 | 11% | 49% | 74% | |
| Chemistry | 76 | 18% | 62% | 76% | |
| Geography | 64 | 8% | 22% | 30% | |
| Art and Design | 40 | 10% | 48% | 57% | |
| French | 34 | 38% | 82% | 85% | |
| Computer Science | 23 | 35% | 78% | 91% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Studies | 18 | 11% | 28% | 67% | |
| Mathematics | 17 | 6% | 35% | 65% | |
| Sociology | 15 | 13% | 27% | 53% | |
| Photography | 15 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 14 | 0% | 36% | 64% | |
| Fine Art | 12 | 0% | 17% | 58% | |
| Biology | 10 | 0% | 20% | 30% | |
| Psychology | 10 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| English Language and Literature | 9 | 0% | 0% | 44% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 14% | 14% | |
| Physics | 6 | 0% | 0% | 17% | |
| Polish | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 17596: Ormiston Bushfield Academy
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 68% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 6% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 68% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Peterborough council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.