Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy

How places are decided at Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy

Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy: key facts

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

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

How many pupils attend Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy?

Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy has 811 pupils on roll.

What ages does Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy take?

Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 16.

Where is Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy located?

Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy is located in Ipswich, IP2 8PL, Suffolk.

How do I apply to Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy?

Stoke High School - 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 close do you need to live to get into Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy?

Distance did not decide places at Stoke High School - Ormiston 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 Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy?

When Stoke High School - Ormiston 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 a child in the care of, or accommodated by, a local authority (Section 22(1) Children Act 1989); Previously Looked After Children ceased to be looked after because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order immediately following having been looked after; 2. Exceptional medical, social or other needs — Students with exceptional medical, social, or other needs that can only be met by providing a place at Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy rather than any other school. Only considered with supporting evidence from an appropriate professional (e.g. doctor or social worker) attached to the application; 3. Sibling at the academy — Where the child has a sibling in the academy, or a sibling has already been offered a place, who will still be attending at the time of admission. Sibling includes natural, half, step and adopted brothers/sisters, a child of the partner of the parent/carer, and fostered children, all living at the same ordinarily-resident address in a single family unit, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 172 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 calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council, to three decimal places). Where two or more applicants live an equal distance and cannot be differentiated, priority is determined by random allocation, independently verified by someone independent of the academy and OAT.

What is the largest ethnic background at Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 41.2% of pupils at Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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