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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.

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  1. 1 Notre Dame High School, Norwich Norwich · 215 entries 94%
  2. 2 Hethersett Academy Norwich · 218 entries 90%
  3. 3 Wymondham College Wymondham · 203 entries 89%
  4. 4 Wayland Academy Thetford · 105 entries 87%
  5. 5 Caister Academy Great Yarmouth · 107 entries 83%
  6. 6 Jane Austen College Norwich · 169 entries 82%
  7. 7 University Technical College Norfolk Norwich · 114 entries 80%
  8. 8 Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · 292 entries 79%
  9. 9 Wymondham High Academy Wymondham · 253 entries 78%
  10. 10 Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich · 142 entries 77%
  11. 11 Long Stratton High School Norwich · 143 entries 77%
  12. 12 Cromer Academy Cromer · 132 entries 77%
  13. 13 City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy Norwich · 255 entries 76%
  14. 14 Ormiston Venture Academy Gorleston · 173 entries 76%
  15. 15 The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) Harleston · 84 entries 76%
  16. 16 Sheringham High School Sheringham · 119 entries 76%
  17. 17 Taverham High School Norwich · 212 entries 75%
  18. 18 Diss High School Diss · 141 entries 74%
  19. 19 Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · 212 entries 74%
  20. 20 Hobart High School Norwich · 130 entries 73%
  21. 21 Reepham High School and College Norwich · 153 entries 73%
  22. 22 Framingham Earl High School Norwich · 152 entries 72%
  23. 23 Attleborough Academy Attleborough · 124 entries 72%
  24. 24 Lynn Grove Academy Great Yarmouth · 222 entries 72%
  25. 25 Alderman Peel High School Wells-next-the-Sea · 106 entries 71%
  26. 26 Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · 295 entries 71%
  27. 27 Dereham Neatherd High School Dereham · 216 entries 70%
  28. 28 Hewett Academy Norwich · 70 entries 70%
  29. 29 Marshland High School Wisbech · 146 entries 69%
  30. 30 Acle Academy Norwich · 101 entries 68%
  31. 31 King's Lynn Academy King's Lynn · 177 entries 67%
  32. 32 North Walsham High School North Walsham · 95 entries 66%
  33. 33 Stalham High School Norwich · 84 entries 65%
  34. 34 King Edward VII Academy King's Lynn · 160 entries 64%
  35. 35 Fakenham Academy Fakenham · 127 entries 64%
  36. 36 Aylsham High School Norwich · 191 entries 63%
  37. 37 Flegg High Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · 120 entries 63%
  38. 38 Northgate High School Dereham · 155 entries 63%
  39. 39 The Thetford Academy Thetford · 234 entries 61%
  40. 40 St Clement's High School King's Lynn · 133 entries 61%
  41. 41 Hellesdon High School Norwich · 231 entries 61%
  42. 42 Springwood High School King's Lynn · 277 entries 60%
  43. 43 Downham Market Academy Downham Market · 201 entries 60%
  44. 44 Iceni Secondary Academy Thetford · 112 entries 60%
  45. 45 Sewell Park Academy Norwich · 147 entries 59%
  46. 46 Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Great Yarmouth · 151 entries 58%
  47. 47 Litcham School King's Lynn · 103 entries 58%
  48. 48 The Nicholas Hamond Academy Swaffham · 111 entries 58%
  49. 49 City Academy Norwich Norwich · 128 entries 53%
  50. 50 Old Buckenham High School Attleborough · 76 entries 53%
  51. 51 The Open Academy Norwich · 99 entries 53%
  52. 52 Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · 132 entries 48%
  53. 53 Smithdon High School Hunstanton · 94 entries 45%
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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.