Academy converter · Essex

Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport

11–18Ages
865Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
138734URN

Bury Water Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, CB11 3TR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.7per place

close to Essex median (2.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective

368 applications for 135 places · 41st of 78 in Essex

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

50.7of 90

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

15th of 79 in Essex

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Sixth form provision	Good

Inspection history

27 June 2023
Graded inspection: Good
10 February 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

2.7applications per place, Year 7

close to Essex median (2.8) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

368 applications · 135 places offered · 70 named it first

2026 2.7; Essex median median 2.8
2025 2.7; Essex median median 2.7
2024 2.7; Essex median median 2.8
2023 2.5; Essex median median 2.7
2022 2.6; Essex median median 2.7
2021 2.8; Essex median median 2.6
2020 2.5; Essex median median 2.8
2019 2.7; Essex median median 2.7
2018 2.5; Essex median median 2.6
2017 2.6; Essex median median 2.7
2016 2.7; Essex median median 2.6
2015 2.6; Essex median median 2.5
2014 3.2; Essex median median 2.6

This school
Essex 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	135	368	2.7	70	0.52
Sep 2025	144	394	2.7	71	0.49
Sep 2024	176	475	2.7	102	0.58
Sep 2023	196	486	2.5	131	0.67
Sep 2022	207	536	2.6	188	0.91
Sep 2021	198	546	2.8	175	0.88
Sep 2020	197	494	2.5	155	0.79
Sep 2019	175	469	2.7	119	0.68
Sep 2018	191	476	2.5	119	0.62
Sep 2017	204	533	2.6	108	0.53
Sep 2016	189	512	2.7	103	0.54
Sep 2015	175	447	2.6	87	0.50
Sep 2014	164	524	3.2	114	0.70

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

199 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.715th of 79 in Essex

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%23rd of 79 in Essex

Essex 43% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%

Essex 66% England 66%

This school
Essex median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.23

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	199	50.7	50%	74%	–
2024/25	179	44.9	48%	65%	–
2023/24	167	49.1	49%	73%	−0.23
2022/23	160	48.6	53%	79%	−0.11

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

Joyce Frankland Academy, NewportThis school
This school

Good2023

2.7applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
Saffron Walden County High School
3.6 km · Essex

Outstanding2024

1.9applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
Forest Hall School
10.4 km · Essex

2026

2.8applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
Avanti Grange Secondary School
12.2 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.6applications per place
Birchwood High School
12.8 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.5applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
Linton Village College
13.0 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

2.0applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
Hockerill Anglo-European College
13.3 km · Hertfordshire

Good2022

11.5applications per place 62.3Attainment 8
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College
13.6 km · Hertfordshire

Outstanding2023

2.9applications per place 62.0Attainment 8
St Mary's Catholic School
13.6 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 56.8Attainment 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: 138734 · 881/5436
Trust: Anglian Learning
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,030 pupils · 865 on roll
Free school meals: 12.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Newport Free Grammar School (URN 115352)
Address: Bury Water Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, CB11 3TR
Local authority: Essex · Uttlesford

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