Ormiston Bushfield Academy

Ormiston Bushfield Academy

Established	2009
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Denzel Kirwan
Location	Ormiston Bushfield Academy, Ortongate, P-Town, Cambridgeshire PE2 5RQ United Kingdom
Local authority	Peterborough
DfE URN	135980 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–22
Houses	Challenger, Discovery, Endeavour, Enterprise
Website	www.bushfield.co.uk

Ormiston Bushfield Academy, formerly known as Bushfield Community College, is located in the Ortongate area of Peterborough.

History

Bushfield Community College was first opened in 1978.
The College was converted to academy status in 2009, and became Ormiston Bushfield Academy. In September 2012 students moved into a £20million, purpose built Academy building.
The old Community College buildings were demolished in 2012/2013.

A new £20million building was opened in September 2012 with a 542m square library, specialist areas for all subjects, a purpose built dance and drama studio, television and radio studio, an all-weather football pitch, specialist provision for all students with special education needs, student designed sixth form facilities and facilities for adult learning and for community use.

Post-16 provision

The Academy provides students with opportunities to continue their studies after 16.
A Levels, BTEC and vocational courses are all on offer:

• Art
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Economics
• English Literature
• English Literature and Language
• Film Studies
• French
• Further Mathematics
• Geography
• Government and Politics
• Health and Social
• History
• Information Technology
• Mathematics
• Media Studies
• Music
• Photography
• Physics
• Psychology
• Sociology

Academic Performance

Ormiston Bushfield Academy is recognised as one of the fastest improving academies across the country.
Since securing academy status in 2009, A-Level results have been consistently above a 90% pass rate. 2012 saw the Academy’s best GCSE results in its history. 93% of students received 5 GCSEs at A*-C grades, and 50% of these students had 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths. When looking at the schools’ specialisms, Maths saw 67% of students receive A*-C grades and 100% of students achieved an A*C grade in Performing arts and Sport.
The year 2012 also boasted high A Level results at the Academy with a total pass rate of 92%. Performing arts again achieved good results with 80% of its students receiving an A*-B grade. Maths department were also successful with 67% of its students receiving A*-B grades, whilst the Media department had 58% of its students achieving this grade range.

Awards

Ormiston Bushfield was the first Academy in the UK to receive the prestigious Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) quality mark in more than one subject area.
The mark recognises the quality of educational provision at the Academy in Performing Arts and Physical Education.
It was also the second school in the UK to achieve the Continuous Professional Learning Development Award which recognises the schools commitment to investing in their staff.
The Academy is a recipient of the ICT BECTA quality mark which is awarded to educational facilities where ICT is used effectively to enhance the learning of all subjects.

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Schools in Cambridgeshire (including Peterborough)

Primary	Hampton College St Matthew's Primary School

Secondary	Abbey College Arthur Mellows Village College Bassingbourn Village College Bottisham Village College Cambourne Village College Chesterton Community College Coleridge Community College Comberton Village College Cottenham Village College Cromwell Community College Ely College Ernulf Academy Gamlingay Village College Greater Peterborough UTC Hampton College Hinchingbrooke School Impington Village College Jack Hunt School Ken Stimpson Community School The King's School, Peterborough Linton Village College Longsands Academy Melbourn Village College Neale-Wade Academy Nene Park Academy Netherhall School North Cambridge Academy Ormiston Bushfield Academy Parkside Community College Sawston Village College Sawtry Village Academy Sir Harry Smith Community College Soham Village College Stanground Academy St Bede's Inter-Church School St Ivo School St John Fisher Catholic High School St Peter's School Swavesey Village College Thomas Clarkson Academy Thomas Deacon Academy UTC Cambridge The Voyager Academy Witchford Village College

Sixth Form Colleges	Hills Road Sixth Form College Long Road Sixth Form College

Independent (preparatory)	King's College School, Cambridge Magdalene House St Faith's School St John's College School

Independent (senior)	Alconbury High School Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies The Leys School Mander Portman Woodward College The Perse School St Andrew's College Stephen Perse Foundation Wisbech Grammar School

Independent (all ages)	Cambridge International School Heritage School Kimbolton School The King's School, Ely St Mary's School Sancton Wood School Perse School for Girls The Peterborough School

Defunct	Cambridgeshire High School for Boys Deacon's School Ely High School for Girls John Mansfield School Malting House School Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls

Ormiston Academies

Birmingham Bolingbroke Bushfield Chadwick City of Norwich Cliff Park Cowes Denes Endeavour Forge Gateway George Salter Horizon Ilkeston Maritime Park Rivers Sandwell Shelfield Sir Stanley Matthews Six Villages Stoke Sudbury Tenbury Venture Victory Wodensborough

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