Ormiston Venture Academy

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Ormiston Venture Academy
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Address
Ormiston Venture Academy
Oriel Avenue

Great Yarmouth
,
Norfolk
,
NR317JJ

England
Coordinates 52°34′12″N1°42′25″E / 52.570°N 1.707°E / 52.570; 1.707 Coordinates: 52°34′12″N1°42′25″E / 52.570°N 1.707°E / 52.570; 1.707
Information
Type Academy
MottoVenture into Success
Established1954 (As Great Yarmouth Technical High School)
2010 (As Ormiston Venture Academy)
Trust Ormiston Academies Trust
Department for Education URN 136187 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsLesley King
PrincipalSimon Gilbert-Barnham
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Enrolment852
HousesAspire
Innovate
Create
Achieve
    
Publication Venture Voice
Website www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk

Ormiston Venture Academy (formerly Oriel Specialist Mathematics and Computing College) is a secondary school with academy status 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, Learning Resource Centre, and classrooms; it was opened in March 2014 by alumnus Callum Cooke.

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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 c 2007, 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. Also Middleton were black and Nelson wearing white.

The current principal as of February 2013 is Simon Gilbert-Barnham. [1] A new building was added to the site, by Net Zero Buildings, to accommodate the Humanities department. [2] The school is sponsored by the Ormiston Academies Trust.

Gresham's Scholarship

The school has a connection with the privately-funded, boarding school Gresham's in Holt, North Norfolk – whereby one student per academic year is offered a fully-funded scholarship to study at Gresham's for two years. There have been 10 scholars so far. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "About us". Ormiston Venture Academy, UK. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ormiston Venture Academy - Net Zero Buildings". Net Zero Buildings. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "About".
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