Secondary
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Barnfield Avenue, Runcorn, WA7 6EP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 754 of 1250 places
- Local authority
- Halton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
GCSE results
33%
35.9
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Runcorn we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.73 |
| Entered the EBacc | 2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% |
| A level average points per entry | 25.18 |
| A level students | 37 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31% |
| 22/23 | 23% |
| 23/24 | 27% |
| 24/25 | 33% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 30.3 |
| 22/23 | 25.7 |
| 23/24 | 28.7 |
| 24/25 | 25.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.46 |
| 22/23 | -0.63 |
| 23/24 | -0.66 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.5 |
| 22/23 | 38.7 |
| 23/24 | 37.3 |
| 24/25 | 35.9 |
Barnfield Avenue, Runcorn, WA7 6EP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Halton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Kathryn Evans
- Address
- Barnfield Avenue, Runcorn, WA7 6EP
- Telephone
- 01928711643