Ormiston Venture Academy

Ormiston Venture Academy

Motto	Venture into Success
Established	1954 (As Great Yarmouth Technical High School) 2010 (As Ormiston Venture Academy)
Type	Academy
Executive principal	Nicole McCartney
Location	Oriel Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR317JJ England 52°34′12″N 1°42′25″E / 52.570°N 1.707°E / 52.570; 1.707Coordinates: 52°34′12″N 1°42′25″E / 52.570°N 1.707°E / 52.570; 1.707
DfE URN	136187 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	788
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Houses	Aspire Innovate Create Achieve
Website	Ormiston Venture Academy

Ormiston Venture Academy is a secondary school located in Oriel Avenue, Gorleston in the English county of Norfolk. The school educates children aged 11 to 16. It is housed in a block constructed in 2008 and a second newer building that stands where the original building, constructed in 1954, was located. The present facility includes a new reception area, library, and classrooms.

Front of the school c2009

History

Originally named Great Yarmouth Technical High School, it was opened in 1954 to replace the old Technical High School located in Southtown. It has gone through many different names, including Oriel Grammar School, Oriel High School and Oriel Specialist Maths and Computing College. In c2007, its houses were: Trinity, Magdalen, Girton and Pembroke. Previously, when the Technical High School and the Oriel Grammar School the houses were Blue - Perebourne, Red - Fastolff, Yellow - Grenfell, and Green - Paget

Front of the school in 1954

Back of the school in 1954

The current executive principal as of February 2013 is Nicole McCartney.^[1] The Academy has been refitted with new computers, a new reception and more staff. The school is sponsored by the Ormiston Academies Trust.

References

↑ "About us". Ormiston Venture Academy, UK. Retrieved September 16, 2011.

External links

Official website

Schools in Norfolk
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Secondary	Acle Academy Alderman Peel High School Archbishop Sancroft High School Attleborough Academy Aylsham High School Broadland High School Caister Academy City Academy Norwich City of Norwich School Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Cromer Academy Dereham Neatherd High School Diss High School Downham Market Academy Fakenham Academy Flegg High School Framingham Earl High School Great Yarmouth High School Hellesdon High School Hethersett Academy The Hewett Academy Hobart High School Jane Austen College King Edward VII School King's Lynn Academy Long Stratton High School Lynn Grove Academy Marshland High School The Nicholas Hamond Academy North Walsham High School Northgate High School Notre Dame High School Old Buckenham High School Open Academy Ormiston Venture Academy Ormiston Victory Academy Reepham High School St Clement's High School Sewell Park Academy Sheringham High School Smithdon High School Springwood High School Sprowston Community High School Stalham High School Taverham High School The Thetford Academy Thorpe St Andrew School UTC Norfolk Wayland Academy Wymondham College Wymondham High School
Independent	Gresham's School Hethersett Old Hall School Langley School Norwich School Norwich High School for Girls Thetford Grammar School Town Close School
Special	Sheringham Woodfields School
Further education	College of West Anglia City College Norwich Dereham Sixth Form College East Norfolk Sixth Form College Easton & Otley College Paston College Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form
Defunct	Burston Strike School Cawston College Norwich High School for Boys Watts Naval School Wood-Dene School

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