Cliff Park Ormiston Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County Council, teaching 812 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 35.9 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Cliff Park Ormiston Academy.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · Inspected 29 Apr 2025 · Published 9 Jun 2025
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Cliff Park Ormiston Academy.

Cliff Park Ormiston Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Inset Day
  • 2 First Day of School
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 17 Inset Day
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 5 Inset Day
  • 19 Last Day of Autumn Term
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 5 First Day of Spring Term
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 6 Inset Day
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 23 Inset Day
  • 27 Last Day of Spring Term
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
  • 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
  • 13 First Day of Summer Term
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 17 Last Day of Summer Term
  • 20–31 Summer Holiday
  • 20 Inset Day
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • First Day of School Sep 2, 2025 Event
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Last Day of Autumn Term Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • First Day of Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Last Day of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • First Day of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Last Day of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Oct 17, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Dec 5, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Feb 6, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Mar 23, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
35.9 Attainment 8 England 46.1
28.3% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
33.6% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Cliff Park Ormiston Academy with Norfolk County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 35.9 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Norfolk County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 35.9
Norfolk County Council 45.2 England 46.1 -10.2 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 28.3%
Norfolk County Council 44.9% England 45.4% -17.1 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 25.5
Norfolk County Council 34.1 England 34.9 -9.4 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 17.1
Norfolk County Council 14.7 England 15.5 +1.6 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 39.1%
Norfolk County Council 24.8% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 138
Attendance 33.6% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Norfolk County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 33.6%
Norfolk County Council 17.8% England 17.8% +15.8 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 11.8%
Norfolk County Council 7% England 6.8% +5 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Norfolk County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 88%
Norfolk County Council 92% England 92% -4 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 76%
Norfolk County Council 83% England 83% -7 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Cliff Park Ormiston Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Cliff Park Ormiston Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.