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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 Hethersett Academy Norwich · 121 entries 99%
  2. 2 Notre Dame High School, Norwich Norwich · 79 entries 89%
  3. 3 Long Stratton High School Norwich · 111 entries 86%
  4. 4 The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) Harleston · 40 entries 80%
  5. 5 Wymondham College Wymondham · 121 entries 79%
  6. 6 Hobart High School Norwich · 86 entries 79%
  7. 7 Dereham Neatherd High School Dereham · 120 entries 77%
  8. 8 Hewett Academy Norwich · 34 entries 76%
  9. 9 Wymondham High Academy Wymondham · 91 entries 75%
  10. 10 Taverham High School Norwich · 77 entries 74%
  11. 11 Jane Austen College Norwich · 83 entries 73%
  12. 12 Reepham High School and College Norwich · 83 entries 73%
  13. 13 Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · 173 entries 73%
  14. 14 City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy Norwich · 54 entries 72%
  15. 15 Framingham Earl High School Norwich · 87 entries 71%
  16. 16 Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich · 117 entries 71%
  17. 17 Aylsham High School Norwich · 90 entries 70%
  18. 18 Caister Academy Great Yarmouth · 62 entries 68%
  19. 19 Diss High School Diss · 61 entries 67%
  20. 20 North Walsham High School North Walsham · 80 entries 66%
  21. 21 Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · 191 entries 65%
  22. 22 Wayland Academy Thetford · 77 entries 65%
  23. 23 Acle Academy Norwich · 74 entries 65%
  24. 24 Iceni Secondary Academy Thetford · 62 entries 65%
  25. 25 Cromer Academy Cromer · 59 entries 64%
  26. 26 King Edward VII Academy King's Lynn · 55 entries 64%
  27. 27 Sheringham High School Sheringham · 70 entries 63%
  28. 28 Alderman Peel High School Wells-next-the-Sea · 23 entries 61%
  29. 29 Marshland High School Wisbech · 89 entries 61%
  30. 30 Stalham High School Norwich · 54 entries 59%
  31. 31 St Clement's High School King's Lynn · 36 entries 58%
  32. 32 Smithdon High School Hunstanton · 43 entries 58%
  33. 33 Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · 100 entries 58%
  34. 34 Downham Market Academy Downham Market · 134 entries 57%
  35. 35 Flegg High Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · 75 entries 56%
  36. 36 Springwood High School King's Lynn · 69 entries 55%
  37. 37 Hellesdon High School Norwich · 133 entries 54%
  38. 38 Ormiston Venture Academy Gorleston · 86 entries 52%
  39. 39 Fakenham Academy Fakenham · 78 entries 50%
  40. 40 Attleborough Academy Attleborough · 62 entries 48%
  41. 41 City Academy Norwich Norwich · 36 entries 47%
  42. 42 Northgate High School Dereham · 49 entries 47%
  43. 43 Litcham School King's Lynn · 47 entries 47%
  44. 44 Old Buckenham High School Attleborough · 22 entries 45%
  45. 45 The Thetford Academy Thetford · 102 entries 45%
  46. 46 King's Lynn Academy King's Lynn · 95 entries 43%
  47. 47 The Nicholas Hamond Academy Swaffham · 50 entries 42%
  48. 48 Lynn Grove Academy Great Yarmouth · 80 entries 41%
  49. 49 Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · 54 entries 37%
  50. 50 Sewell Park Academy Norwich · 69 entries 35%
  51. 51 Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Great Yarmouth · 91 entries 32%
  52. 52 The Open Academy Norwich · 32 entries 31%
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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.

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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.