Graded inspection · Jun 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 entry148 applications · 105 places offered · 102 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.2; 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 | 105 | 148 | 1.4 | 102 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 82 | 127 | 1.6 | 81 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 90 | 110 | 1.2 | 89 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 110 | 137 | 1.3 | 108 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 122 | 141 | 1.2 | 119 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 117 | 144 | 1.2 | 116 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 116 | 141 | 1.2 | 113 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 125 | 144 | 1.2 | 121 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 125 | 149 | 1.2 | 126 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 114 | 132 | 1.2 | 114 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 127 | 160 | 1.3 | 126 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 | 133 | 177 | 1.3 | 135 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 | 123 | 146 | 1.2 | 119 | 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.) | 109 | 44.6 | 34% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 124 | 47.1 | 46% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 120 | 44.2 | 43% | 73% | −0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 123 | 44.5 | 37% | 68% | −0.03 |
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
- Sheringham High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · NorfolkRemains Good20231.5applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 16.1 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.7applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 18.6 km · NorfolkGood20231.4applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 20.8 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 23.3 km · NorfolkGood20221.5applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 26.1 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20241.2applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 27.8 km · NorfolkGood20231.8applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 28.2 km · NorfolkGood20241.3applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137621 · 926/5406
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 870 pupils · 630 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2011
- Replaced
- Sheringham High School and Sixth Form Centre (URN 121214)
- Address
- Holt Road, Sheringham, NR26 8ND
- Local authority
- Norfolk · North Norfolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources