Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Halton
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy, Runcorn, WA7 1QU
61
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 17/04/2024
Application demand
90%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.9%
25.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
631
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
630 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
90%
1st preference success rate
113 of 125 families who put it first got an offer
118
Places offered
260
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 125 | 113 | ● 90% |
| 2nd preference | 78 | 5 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 57 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 260 | 118 | 45% |
1st preference success by year
Halton lets families list 3 preferences. 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Linsey Hand
- Address
- Sandymoor Ormiston Academy, Wharford Lane, Runcorn, WA7 1QU
- Phone
- 01928571217
- Local authority
- Halton
- Ward / constituency
- Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor · Runcorn and Helsby
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147683
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 29% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
631 pupils · 630 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
17 April 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 625 pupils
Attendance
90.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.5%
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 | 42.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.48 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 40% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 53% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.45 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 43.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 15.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.85 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 102 | — |
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.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.