Graded inspection · Jun 2024 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry187 applications · 124 places offered · 99 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 0.8; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 0.8; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.0; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 124 | 187 | 1.5 | 99 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 132 | 203 | 1.5 | 115 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 | 129 | 158 | 1.2 | 97 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2023 | 144 | 177 | 1.2 | 114 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2022 | 144 | 191 | 1.3 | 131 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 139 | 158 | 1.1 | 109 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 145 | 0.8 | 88 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2019 | 172 | 141 | 0.8 | 92 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2018 | 148 | 142 | 1.0 | 88 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2017 | 130 | 159 | 1.2 | 102 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 | 137 | 193 | 1.4 | 124 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 168 | 249 | 1.5 | 168 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 167 | 236 | 1.4 | 160 | 0.96 |
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.) | 119 | 36.2 | 25% | 49% | – |
| 2024/25 | 135 | 35.2 | 30% | 47% | – |
| 2023/24 | 142 | 32.2 | 20% | 45% | −0.75 |
| 2022/23 | 123 | 34.0 | 19% | 47% | −0.70 |
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
- City Academy NorwichThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 36.2Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Norfolk20262.1applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · NorfolkOutstanding20242.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · NorfolkGood20232.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · NorfolkGood20242.8applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade202550.4Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Norfolk20262.0applications per place 37.6Attainment 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
- 135904 · 926/6906
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 674 on roll
- Free school meals
- 57.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Earlham High School (URN 121175)
- Address
- 299 Bluebell Road, Norwich, NR4 7LP
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources