Graded inspection · May 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 |
Inspection history
- 16 May 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 9 October 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry381 applications · 211 places offered · 211 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.3; 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 | 211 | 381 | 1.8 | 211 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 210 | 419 | 2.0 | 246 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 212 | 333 | 1.6 | 222 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 223 | 326 | 1.5 | 229 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 218 | 305 | 1.4 | 212 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 204 | 289 | 1.4 | 187 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 218 | 327 | 1.5 | 214 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 218 | 318 | 1.5 | 208 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 220 | 307 | 1.4 | 235 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 195 | 240 | 1.2 | 187 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 213 | 259 | 1.2 | 199 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 166 | 211 | 1.3 | 165 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 191 | 267 | 1.4 | 188 | 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.) | 207 | 46.4 | 44% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 217 | 49.0 | 53% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 222 | 47.9 | 55% | 74% | +0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 212 | 49.8 | 58% | 76% | +0.09 |
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
- Taverham High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 36.2Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · Norfolk20262.0applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · NorfolkOutstanding20242.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · NorfolkRemains Outstanding20222.0applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · Norfolk20261.6applications 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
- 139487 · 926/4084
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,249 pupils · 1,254 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2013
- Replaced
- Taverham High School (URN 121181)
- Address
- Beech Avenue, Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6HP
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources