Ormiston Sudbury Academy

How places are decided at Ormiston Sudbury Academy

Ormiston Sudbury Academy: key facts

What did School Atlas judge Ormiston Sudbury Academy's summary of 6 ofsted judgements to be?

School Atlas judged Ormiston Sudbury Academy's summary of 6 ofsted judgements as Expected standard at its inspection in February 2026, on School Atlas's own scale.

How many pupils attend Ormiston Sudbury Academy?

Ormiston Sudbury Academy has 710 pupils on roll.

What ages does Ormiston Sudbury Academy take?

Ormiston Sudbury Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 19.

Where is Ormiston Sudbury Academy located?

Ormiston Sudbury Academy is located in Sudbury, CO10 1NW, Suffolk.

How do I apply to Ormiston Sudbury Academy?

Ormiston Sudbury 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 close do you need to live to get into Ormiston Sudbury Academy?

Distance did not decide places at Ormiston Sudbury Academy for 2026-27 (Year 7): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How are Year 7 places decided at Ormiston Sudbury Academy?

When Ormiston Sudbury Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and 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. A Looked After Child is either a child who is in the care of a local authority, or being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (definition used is in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) Previously Looked After Children are those who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order immediately following having been looked after; 2. Siblings — Children who have a sibling (definition 2.8 above) attending the Academy in year 7-11, at the time of application and date of proposed admission. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applicants where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. In the unlikely event that two applicants competing for a single place at a school have the same number of days difference in age from their closest aged sibling, the place will be offered to one applicant on the basis of lots drawn by someone independent of the school such as an officer of Suffolk County Council not involved with Admissions; 3. Staff children — Children whose parent or parents work for Ormiston Sudbury Academy at the time of application, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 160 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If there are not enough places to satisfy all applications under any one criterion, priority will be given to in accordance with proximity to the academy. Where two or more applicants live an equal distance from the academy and it is not possible to differentiate between them, priority will be determined by a random allocation process.

What is the largest ethnic background at Ormiston Sudbury Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 87.2% of pupils at Ormiston Sudbury Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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