Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Barnfield Avenue, Runcorn, WA7 6EP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Kathryn Evans
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Ormiston Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,250
- Pupils on roll
- 754
- URN
- 136185
- Local authority
- Halton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01928711643
About this school
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is a secondary academy in Runcorn. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 754 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 179 | 185 | 135 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.7 | 37.3 | 35.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.63 -0.83 to -0.42 | -0.66 -0.87 to -0.46 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 27% | 33.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 47% | 52.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 6% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Halton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.7 | 35.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.3 | 32.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.9 | 34.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,011 |
| 2023/24 | 940 |
| 2024/25 | 829 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy compares
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy ranked 7th of 8 secondary schools in Halton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.9 | 13.2% | 58.3% | 754 | — |
| Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy | 33.3 | 11.6% | 59.5% | 332 | 1.7 miles |
| Sandymoor Ormiston Academy | 44.4 | 9.1% | 27.9% | 631 | 1.8 miles |
| The Heath School | 42.5 | 9% | 34.6% | 1,174 | 2.3 miles |
| Helsby High School | 47.1 | 10.5% | 19.4% | 1,211 | 4.3 miles |
| Wade Deacon High School | 54 | 6.4% | 27% | 1,658 | 4.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 10 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.32%
- English as an additional language
- 1.9%
- Overall absence
- 13.16%
- Persistent absence
- 37.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Runcorn
-
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Runcorn
-
The Heath School2.3 miles
Secondary · Runcorn
-
Helsby High School4.3 miles
Secondary · Frodsham
-
Wade Deacon High School4.7 miles
Secondary · Widnes
Other schools in Runcorn
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy ranks 4th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Runcorn.
- Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy Secondary
- Sandymoor Ormiston Academy Secondary
- The Heath School Secondary
- Astmoor Primary School Primary
- Aston by Sutton Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Primary School Primary
- Bridgewater Park Primary School Primary
- Brookvale Primary School Primary
- Castle View Primary School Primary
- Gorsewood Primary School Primary
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy teach?
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Runcorn.
- Who is the principal of Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy?
- The principal of Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is Mrs Kathryn Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy?
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy has 754 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy full?
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy has capacity for 1,250 pupils and 754 on roll (60%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy a faith school?
- No. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy a selective school?
- No. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy?
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is part of ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.7 in 2022/23 and 35.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy rank locally?
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy ranked 7th of 8 secondary schools in Halton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy's absence rate?
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy's overall absence rate is 13.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.