Alde Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 645 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
Academy sponsor led
Ormiston Endeavour Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 793of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 31.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 111
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 17 March 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Thurleston High School (URN 124844, until 1 January 2012).
What the data says
Of the 74 pupils who finished Year 11 at Ormiston Endeavour Academy in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Chemistry is unusually popular at GCSE: 97% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils across England.
Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 97% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.8 against 46.1 across England and 42.8 in Suffolk, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Suffolk and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Ormiston Endeavour Academy | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 74 | 7,591 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 41% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 9% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Ormiston Endeavour Academy | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.8 | 42.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 18% | 27% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.61 | 3.70 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.0 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.2 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 109 | 98% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 69% |
| English Language | 109 | 98% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 60% |
| English Literature | 108 | 97% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 62% |
| Physics | 108 | 97% | 23% | 13% | 46% | 40% |
| Biology | 108 | 97% | 23% | 10% | 45% | 47% |
| Chemistry | 108 | 97% | 23% | 12% | 47% | 37% |
| Geography | 90 | 81% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 44% |
| History | 73 | 66% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 53% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 27% | 13% | 20% | 30% | 50% |
| Graphic Communication | 24 | 22% | 1% | 4% | 23% | 50% |
| Fine Art | 17 | 15% | 9% | 24% | 28% | 65% |
| French | 11 | 10% | 18% | 18% | 29% | 45% |
| Spanish | 11 | 10% | 19% | 73% | 27% | 100% |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Combined Science | 1 | 1% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 22 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
Where Ormiston Endeavour Academy is
Other secondary schools in Suffolk are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Suffolk’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Suffolk
Beccles High School
Free schools · 182 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.6
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Academy sponsor led · 1,263 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Breckland School
Free schools · 615 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4
Bungay High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 922 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Academy converter · 657 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.