Report card · inspected Jun 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 30 June 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 8 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry562 applications · 269 places offered · 278 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as City of Norwich School (URN 121172), the previous school.
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 | 269 | 562 | 2.1 | 278 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 242 | 518 | 2.1 | 222 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 263 | 504 | 1.9 | 263 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 270 | 498 | 1.8 | 299 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 271 | 464 | 1.7 | 272 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 264 | 505 | 1.9 | 295 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2020 | 269 | 477 | 1.8 | 279 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 269 | 584 | 2.2 | 334 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2018 | 270 | 496 | 1.8 | 291 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 | 279 | 478 | 1.7 | 314 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 269 | 400 | 1.5 | 264 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 252 | 428 | 1.7 | 257 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 * | 237 | 388 | 1.6 | 235 | 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.) | 246 | 49.2 | 53% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 259 | 50.4 | 53% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 258 | 48.6 | 46% | 65% | −0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 261 | 50.6 | 52% | 70% | +0.28 |
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
- City of Norwich School, An Ormiston AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · NorfolkGood20232.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade202550.4Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · NorfolkGood20242.8applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 36.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · NorfolkOutstanding20242.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Norfolk20262.0applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · NorfolkGood20232.6applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141269 · 926/4065
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,755 pupils · 1,685 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- City of Norwich School (URN 121172)
- Address
- Eaton Road, Norwich, NR4 6PP
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources