Graded inspection · Nov 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry400 applications · 284 places offered · 287 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 284 | 400 | 1.4 | 287 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 285 | 402 | 1.4 | 256 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 280 | 385 | 1.4 | 291 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 | 288 | 378 | 1.3 | 268 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 258 | 327 | 1.3 | 246 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 203 | 303 | 1.5 | 214 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 215 | 375 | 1.7 | 274 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2019 | 236 | 352 | 1.5 | 267 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 240 | 332 | 1.4 | 246 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 224 | 260 | 1.2 | 214 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 193 | 218 | 1.1 | 180 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 153 | 202 | 1.3 | 148 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 142 | 184 | 1.3 | 136 | 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.) | 205 | 42.6 | 40% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 222 | 45.3 | 45% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 224 | 44.5 | 45% | 67% | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 219 | 48.0 | 43% | 68% | +0.31 |
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
- Ormiston Victory AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 36.2Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · NorfolkGood20231.8applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · NorfolkOutstanding20242.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Norfolk20262.0applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · NorfolkRemains Outstanding20222.0applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Norfolk20262.1applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · NorfolkGood20242.8applications per place 57.0Attainment 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
- 136186 · 926/6907
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,517 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Replaced
- Costessey High School (URN 121211)
- Address
- Middleton Crescent, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0PX
- Local authority
- Norfolk · South Norfolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources