Ormiston Sudbury Academy, Sudbury
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Ormiston Sudbury Academy creates a warm, supportive environment where pupils feel valued and looked after. The school excels at removing barriers to learning, with particularly strong work on improving attendance and supporting disadvantaged pupils. Pupils benefit from excellent pastoral care, a vibrant extracurricular programme, and caring relationships with staff that help them develop resilience and confidence.
Key Strengths
- Attendance has improved significantly and now exceeds national averages, including for pupils with special educational needs and disadvantaged pupils
- Pupils behave well, remain focused in lessons, and treat each other with respect and courtesy
- Staff have strong subject knowledge and use effective teaching strategies to help pupils learn and make meaningful connections across subjects
- The school prioritises addressing barriers for pupils with special educational needs and disadvantaged pupils through well-targeted support
- A wide-ranging extracurricular programme is available with high participation rates
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils' outcomes at the end of key stage 4 do not match national averages in core subjects including English and mathematics
- Some pupils learning to read have not made the progress they should
- Staff approaches to supporting pupils with additional needs are inconsistent, meaning some groups do not learn as well as they could
- Leaders have not been sufficiently rigorous in following up on pupils' starting points in reading
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Musical productions, Japanese lessons, ancestry club, wellbeing ambassadors, printing masterclasses, sports, music, charity fundraising
Ormiston Sudbury Academy is part of the Ormiston Academies Trust and provides education for pupils in Suffolk. The school has established an open and positive culture of safeguarding, with leaders and governors fulfilling their responsibilities effectively.
At a Glance
35.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
22.1
Avg class size
29
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
89%
Available places
710 pupils
800 capacity
90 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Sudbury
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Sudbury
Admissions Demand - Suffolk
Places available
8,496
Applications
7,401
Got 1st preference
92.0%
Got preferred school
97.4%
Secondary admissions across Suffolk (2025/26)
Inspection History(14)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
8.26294%
Overall absence
24.54161%
Persistent absence
709
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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