Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry250 applications · 96 places offered · 91 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 2.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 2.3; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 2.3; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- This school
- Norfolk median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 96 | 250 | 2.6 | 91 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 100 | 240 | 2.4 | 110 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 100 | 212 | 2.1 | 94 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 104 | 222 | 2.1 | 114 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 | 107 | 209 | 2.0 | 115 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 98 | 182 | 1.9 | 80 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 | 107 | 247 | 2.3 | 111 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 107 | 248 | 2.3 | 114 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 120 | 269 | 2.2 | 121 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 110 | 226 | 2.1 | 104 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 100 | 162 | 1.6 | 74 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2015 | 126 | 157 | 1.3 | 82 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 186 | 2.1 | 87 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 82 | 33.1 | 26% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 104 | 36.7 | 35% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 101 | 34.9 | 21% | 53% | −0.46 |
| 2022/23 | 104 | 35.3 | 22% | 52% | −0.58 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Open AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.6applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Norfolk20261.6applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Norfolk20262.0applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · NorfolkOutstanding20242.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · NorfolkGood20242.8applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · NorfolkGood20232.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Norfolk20262.1applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135650 · 926/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 529 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2008
- Replaced
- Heartsease High School (URN 121174)
- Address
- Salhouse Road, Norwich, NR7 9DL
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources