Graded inspection · Mar 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 |
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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 entry168 applications · 119 places offered · 108 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 119 | 168 | 1.4 | 108 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 133 | 186 | 1.4 | 124 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 146 | 194 | 1.3 | 145 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 149 | 197 | 1.3 | 134 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 154 | 205 | 1.3 | 151 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 132 | 178 | 1.4 | 121 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 142 | 183 | 1.3 | 133 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 131 | 172 | 1.3 | 121 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 | 130 | 173 | 1.3 | 121 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 147 | 185 | 1.3 | 139 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 136 | 173 | 1.3 | 128 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 157 | 195 | 1.2 | 147 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 131 | 184 | 1.4 | 129 | 0.98 |
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.) | 117 | 46.3 | 47% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 130 | 46.1 | 50% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 119 | 46.1 | 43% | 66% | +0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 116 | 49.1 | 53% | 72% | +0.21 |
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
- Hobart High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 9.9 km · Suffolk20261.5applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · Suffolk20261.6applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · NorfolkRemains Good20221.6applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · Suffolk20262.2applications per place 25.4Attainment 8
- 12.9 km · Norfolk20261.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 14.3 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 15.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade202550.4Attainment 8
- 15.8 km · NorfolkGood20232.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 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
- 139311 · 926/4006
- Trust
- Clarion Corvus Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 820 pupils · 673 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2013
- Replaced
- Hobart High School (URN 121153)
- Address
- Kittens Lane, Loddon, Norwich, NR14 6JU
- Local authority
- Norfolk · South Norfolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources