Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Lowestoft · NR32 4PZ · Suffolk
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 139403
Ormiston Denes Academy
Academy sponsor led · Lowestoft · NR32 4AH
Ages 11–16 · 711 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
35.7
Overall absence
15.4%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.38
−20+2
Attainment 835.7
English & maths grade 5+22%
English & maths grade 4+46%
EBacc entry28%
EBacc APS: 3.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence15.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)40.2%
Unauthorised8.0%
- Authorised absence
- 7.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 12.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 809
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill59%
711 pupils · 1,200 places
- Pupils on roll
- 711
- Boys / girls
- 367 / 344
- School capacity
- 1,200
- Capacity fill
- 711 / 1,200 (59%)
- Free school meals
- 58.4%
- FSM pupils
- 415
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Ormiston Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kate Williams
Location
- Address
- Yarmouth Road
- Postcode
- NR32 4AH
- Town
- Lowestoft
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, 711 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 58.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kate Williams
- Telephone
- 01502574474