Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 2 December 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry185 applications · 154 places offered · 154 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.0; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.0; 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 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.1; 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 | 154 | 185 | 1.2 | 154 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 155 | 165 | 1.1 | 134 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 140 | 167 | 1.2 | 138 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 137 | 144 | 1.1 | 131 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 145 | 145 | 1.0 | 121 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 132 | 133 | 1.0 | 113 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 122 | 144 | 1.2 | 116 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 147 | 173 | 1.2 | 146 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 129 | 152 | 1.2 | 113 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 140 | 153 | 1.1 | 139 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 122 | 158 | 1.3 | 122 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 123 | 145 | 1.2 | 122 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 96 | 108 | 1.1 | 95 | 0.99 |
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.) | 122 | 43.7 | 38% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 110 | 38.4 | 29% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 140 | 35.5 | 23% | 40% | −0.55 |
| 2022/23 | 119 | 35.7 | 22% | 40% | −0.50 |
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
- The Nicholas Hamond AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.2applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 11.7 km · NorfolkGood20221.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · NorfolkGood20231.2applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 15.3 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 18.0 km · NorfolkGood20231.6applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 18.7 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 20.7 km · NorfolkGood20221.3applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 22.0 km · NorfolkRemains Good20222.0applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 22.3 km · Norfolk20262.1applications per place 41.0Attainment 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
- 138918 · 926/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 840 pupils · 710 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Replaced
- Swaffham Hamond's High School (URN 121183)
- Address
- Brandon Road, Swaffham, PE37 7DZ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources