Academy converter · Norfolk

Notre Dame High School, Norwich

11–18Ages
1,613Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
Sixth formAges 16–18
137913URN

Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3PB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

1.1 above Norfolk median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Norfolk

564 applications for 205 places · 5th of 51 in Norfolk

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

57.0of 90

Norfolk 44.6 England 46.0

1st of 53 in Norfolk

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.8applications per place, Year 7

1.1 above Norfolk median (1.6) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

564 applications · 205 places offered · 265 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.8; Norfolk median median 1.6
2025 2.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
2024 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
2023 2.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
2022 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
2021 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
2020 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.5
2019 2.4; Norfolk median median 1.5
2018 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
2017 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.3
2016 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
2015 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
2014 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.4

More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 13 of 13 years.

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	205	564	2.8	265	1.29
Sep 2025	204	586	2.9	284	1.39
Sep 2024	203	442	2.2	257	1.27
Sep 2023	208	480	2.3	294	1.41
Sep 2022	208	454	2.2	295	1.42
Sep 2021	205	422	2.1	265	1.29
Sep 2020	209	433	2.1	273	1.31
Sep 2019	204	495	2.4	314	1.54
Sep 2018	210	517	2.5	325	1.55
Sep 2017	209	340	1.6	222	1.06
Sep 2016	198	333	1.7	227	1.15
Sep 2015	196	324	1.7	216	1.10
Sep 2014	197	345	1.8	268	1.36

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

210 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)57.01st of 53 in Norfolk

Norfolk 44.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths64%3rd of 53 in Norfolk

Norfolk 40% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%

Norfolk 63% England 66%

This school
Norfolk median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.60

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	210	57.0	64%	79%	–
2024/25	215	61.3	69%	89%	–
2023/24	203	57.5	65%	80%	+0.60
2022/23	212	57.7	67%	87%	+0.69

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

Notre Dame High School, NorwichThis school
This school

Good2024

2.8applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
Jane Austen College
1.1 km · Norfolk

Outstanding2024

2.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
Hewett Academy
1.1 km · Norfolk

Good2023

2.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy
1.9 km · Norfolk

2026

2.1applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
Sewell Park Academy
2.7 km · Norfolk

2026

2.0applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
University Technical College Norfolk
2.9 km · Norfolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

50.4Attainment 8
The Open Academy
3.1 km · Norfolk

Good2023

2.6applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
City Academy Norwich
3.4 km · Norfolk

Requires improvement2024

1.5applications per place 36.2Attainment 8
Sprowston Community Academy
3.7 km · Norfolk

2026

1.6applications per place 45.8Attainment 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 converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 137913 · 926/4605
Trust: St John the Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 1,378 pupils · 1,613 on roll
Free school meals: 14.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 March 2012
Replaced: Notre Dame High School, Norwich (URN 121189)
Address: Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3PB
Local authority: Norfolk · Norwich

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources