Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy

Secondary Academy Ipswich 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 Attainment 8: 34.3

Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Ipswich, Suffolk County Council, teaching 811 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in March 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 34.3 (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 Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy.

Latest inspection
Good Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2 · Inspected 29 Mar 2022 · Published 23 May 2022
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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 Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy.

Stoke High School - 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 Autumn Term Starts / Inset Day
  • 2 Year 7 and 11 Students Only in School
  • 3 All Students Return
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
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
  • 28 Inset Day
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 Autumn Term Ends
  • 20–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
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
  • 1–4 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Spring Term Starts / Inset Day
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
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23 Inset Day
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
  • 27 Spring Term Ends
  • 28–31 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
  • 1–12 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 Summer Term Starts
  • 24 Inset Day
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
  • 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 Summer Term Ends
  • 18–31 Summer Holiday
  • 20 Inset Day (Disaggregated)
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)

  • Autumn Term Starts / Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Year 7 and 11 Students Only in School Sep 2, 2025 Event
  • All Students Return Sep 3, 2025 Event
  • Inset Day Oct 17, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Dec 5, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Starts / Inset Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Feb 23, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 28 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Inset Day Apr 24, 2026 Inset Day
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day (Disaggregated) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
34.3 Attainment 8 England 46.1
21.5% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
29.2% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy with Suffolk County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 34.3 Attainment 8 score

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

This school Suffolk County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 34.3
Suffolk County Council 42.8 England 46.1 -11.8 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 21.5%
Suffolk County Council 39.9% England 45.4% -23.9 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 29.7
Suffolk County Council 30.8 England 34.9 -5.2 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 7.8
Suffolk County Council 15.9 England 15.5 -7.7 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 41%
Suffolk County Council 24.5% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 144
Attendance 29.2% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Suffolk County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 29.2%
Suffolk County Council 17.9% England 17.8% +11.4 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 11.3%
Suffolk County Council 7% England 6.8% +4.5 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 85% In education, apprenticeship or work

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

This school Suffolk County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 85%
Suffolk County Council 93% England 92% -7 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 73%
Suffolk County Council 84% England 83% -10 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 Stoke High School - 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 Stoke High School - 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.