What did Ofsted judge Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in September 2017 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in March 2023 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy?

Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy has 1,156 pupils on roll.

What ages does Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy take?

Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 19.

Where is Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy located?

Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy is located in Cowes, PO31 8HB, Isle of Wight.

How do I apply to Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy?

Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy?

When Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after / previously looked after children — Looked after children and Previously Looked After Children, including those who appear to the academy to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be so as a result of being adopted; 2. Specific medical condition — Pupils with a specific medical condition, confirmed in writing by a consultant paediatrician or similar health professional, which can be supported more appropriately by some aspect of provision at Cowes Enterprise College than at any other accessible school; 3. Siblings — Pupils who have an elder sibling who will be on roll at the academy at the time of application and at the time of admission; this includes pupils with an elder sibling who will be in Year 11 or Year 13 at the academy at the time of application, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 210 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If there are not enough places to satisfy all applications under any one criterion, priority is given in accordance with proximity to the academy (straight-line distance via the local authority's GIS, from the centre of the home address building to the centre of the school building; those living closer receive higher priority). Where two or more applicants live an equal distance and cannot be differentiated, priority is determined by a random allocation process, independently verified by someone independent of the academy and OAT.

What is the largest ethnic background at Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 85.5% of pupils at Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after / previously looked after children — Looked after children and Previously Looked After Children, including those who appear to the academy to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be so as a result of being adopted.
2Specific medical condition — Pupils with a specific medical condition, confirmed in writing by a consultant paediatrician or similar health professional, which can be supported more appropriately by some aspect of provision at Cowes Enterprise College than at any other accessible school.
3Siblings — Pupils who have an elder sibling who will be on roll at the academy at the time of application and at the time of admission; this includes pupils with an elder sibling who will be in Year 11 or Year 13 at the academy at the time of application.
4Children of staff — Children of staff employed at Cowes Enterprise College for two or more years at the time the application is made, or recruited to fill a vacant post with a demonstrable skill shortage.
5Feeder school — Children who, at the time of application, are attending Hunnyhill Primary School.

If two applications tie: If there are not enough places to satisfy all applications under any one criterion, priority is given in accordance with proximity to the academy (straight-line distance via the local authority's GIS, from the centre of the home address building to the centre of the school building; those living closer receive higher priority). Where two or more applicants live an equal distance and cannot be differentiated, priority is determined by a random allocation process, independently verified by someone independent of the academy and OAT.

A pupil with an EHCP naming the academy is admitted, reducing available places accordingly (not itself a numbered criterion). This document's Section 2 ('Academy admissions') contains a shorter, more generic oversubscription list that includes leftover template instructional text ('Please insert any relevant oversubscription criteria as the academy wishes... The sibling example and distance criterion is listed below'), indicating it is boilerplate rather than the school's finalised policy; Section 3 ('Secondary admissions'), which is fully customised with Cowes-specific detail (including the named feeder school and medical-condition criterion), is treated as authoritative and reproduced here.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.