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State secondary schools in Norfolk

53 schools · East of England · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Norfolk has 53 state secondaries, 24 of them with sixth forms. 94.1% of families got their first choice last year, better than most of England. Results run from 27.7% to 71.3% passing English and maths, a spread of 44 points, with a middle school at 44.6%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 3 rated Outstanding, 36 Good, 2 Requires improvement. 12 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

53 schools in Norfolk. Tap one, or see the full list.
28% 71% passed English & maths

Norfolk against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

45%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

in line with England

England 45%

45.2

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

22%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

in line with England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Norfolk

94.1%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

98.2%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

<0.1%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

38%

Appeals upheld39 of 102 heard

These are figures for Norfolk as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Norfolk's 53 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 28% to 71%. That is a spread of 44 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Norfolk schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathshistoryenglish literatureenglish languagecombined sciencegeographyartphysicschemistrybiologyfrenchspanishphysical educationbusiness studiesdesign technologycomputer sciencereligious studiesfood technology
  1. 1 Notre Dame High School, Norwich Norwich · 160 entries 85%
  2. 2 Wayland Academy Thetford · 87 entries 80%
  3. 3 Hethersett Academy Norwich · 173 entries 80%
  4. 4 Long Stratton High School Norwich · 121 entries 79%
  5. 5 University Technical College Norfolk Norwich · 85 entries 78%
  6. 6 Cromer Academy Cromer · 123 entries 77%
  7. 7 Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · 196 entries 77%
  8. 8 Wymondham College Wymondham · 114 entries 76%
  9. 9 Jane Austen College Norwich · 141 entries 76%
  10. 10 Dereham Neatherd High School Dereham · 157 entries 73%
  11. 11 Taverham High School Norwich · 157 entries 73%
  12. 12 Caister Academy Great Yarmouth · 106 entries 69%
  13. 13 The Thetford Academy Thetford · 204 entries 67%
  14. 14 Ormiston Venture Academy Gorleston · 173 entries 66%
  15. 15 Alderman Peel High School Wells-next-the-Sea · 77 entries 65%
  16. 16 North Walsham High School North Walsham · 82 entries 65%
  17. 17 City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy Norwich · 180 entries 64%
  18. 18 The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) Harleston · 86 entries 64%
  19. 19 St Clement's High School King's Lynn · 114 entries 63%
  20. 20 Marshland High School Wisbech · 130 entries 63%
  21. 21 Hobart High School Norwich · 100 entries 63%
  22. 22 Sheringham High School Sheringham · 91 entries 63%
  23. 23 Diss High School Diss · 95 entries 62%
  24. 24 Wymondham High Academy Wymondham · 145 entries 61%
  25. 25 Downham Market Academy Downham Market · 201 entries 61%
  26. 26 Hewett Academy Norwich · 54 entries 59%
  27. 27 Aylsham High School Norwich · 134 entries 59%
  28. 28 Iceni Secondary Academy Thetford · 110 entries 58%
  29. 29 Hellesdon High School Norwich · 208 entries 57%
  30. 30 King Edward VII Academy King's Lynn · 124 entries 55%
  31. 31 Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · 215 entries 54%
  32. 32 Springwood High School King's Lynn · 196 entries 54%
  33. 33 Attleborough Academy Attleborough · 101 entries 53%
  34. 34 Acle Academy Norwich · 51 entries 53%
  35. 35 Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · 163 entries 53%
  36. 36 City Academy Norwich Norwich · 127 entries 52%
  37. 37 Fakenham Academy Fakenham · 103 entries 51%
  38. 38 Old Buckenham High School Attleborough · 51 entries 51%
  39. 39 Smithdon High School Hunstanton · 86 entries 50%
  40. 40 Stalham High School Norwich · 56 entries 48%
  41. 41 Litcham School King's Lynn · 79 entries 48%
  42. 42 Lynn Grove Academy Great Yarmouth · 161 entries 48%
  43. 43 Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich · 86 entries 45%
  44. 44 King's Lynn Academy King's Lynn · 157 entries 45%
  45. 45 Reepham High School and College Norwich · 73 entries 45%
  46. 46 The Nicholas Hamond Academy Swaffham · 109 entries 45%
  47. 47 Flegg High Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · 92 entries 45%
  48. 48 Sewell Park Academy Norwich · 122 entries 43%
  49. 49 Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · 113 entries 42%
  50. 50 Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Great Yarmouth · 132 entries 39%
  51. 51 Northgate High School Dereham · 112 entries 33%
  52. 52 The Open Academy Norwich · 86 entries 33%
  53. 53 Framingham Earl High School Norwich · 38 entries 24%
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Every school in Norfolk

Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

8 of 53 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Norfolk

22 of Norfolk's 24 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Norfolk

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Cambridgeshire 35 schools · 50% passed English & mathsLincolnshire 54 schools · 42% passed English & mathsSuffolk 42 schools · 40% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.