Graded inspection · Jun 2024 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 |
Inspection history
- 25 June 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 11 May 2023Ungraded 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 entry117 applications · 88 places offered · 83 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Stalham High School (URN 121155), 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 | 88 | 117 | 1.3 | 83 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 95 | 132 | 1.4 | 95 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 97 | 117 | 1.2 | 97 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 100 | 121 | 1.2 | 96 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 98 | 114 | 1.2 | 97 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 91 | 104 | 1.1 | 87 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 89 | 100 | 1.1 | 84 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 93 | 108 | 1.2 | 91 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 74 | 83 | 1.1 | 73 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 57 | 63 | 1.1 | 55 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 63 | 73 | 1.2 | 58 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 59 | 68 | 1.2 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 86 | 97 | 1.1 | 85 | 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.) | 87 | 40.5 | 39% | 58% | – |
| 2024/25 | 92 | 39.5 | 39% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 92 | 43.7 | 35% | 59% | −0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 73 | 42.9 | 40% | 59% | −0.48 |
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
- Stalham High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.3applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · NorfolkRemains Good20222.0applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 9.9 km · NorfolkGood20231.4applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 14.7 km · Norfolk20261.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 17.7 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.7applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 18.7 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 18.8 km · Norfolk20261.6applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 19.3 km · NorfolkGood20232.6applications per place 33.1Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141395 · 926/4018
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 654 pupils · 492 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 January 2015
- Replaced
- Stalham High School (URN 121155)
- Address
- Brumstead Road, Stalham, Norwich, NR12 9DG
- Local authority
- Norfolk · North Norfolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources