Graded inspection · Oct 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 | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry397 applications · 140 places offered · 119 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 3.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.0; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 2.8; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 2.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 2.9; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as The Hewett School (URN 121173), 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 | 140 | 397 | 2.8 | 119 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2025 | 127 | 401 | 3.2 | 105 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2024 | 128 | 266 | 2.1 | 94 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 152 | 153 | 1.0 | 53 | 0.35 |
| Sep 2022 | 79 | 135 | 1.7 | 43 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2021 | 66 | 138 | 2.1 | 36 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2020 | 53 | 116 | 2.2 | 23 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2019 | 124 | 164 | 1.3 | 51 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2018 | 35 | 86 | 2.5 | 25 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2017 | 40 | 112 | 2.8 | 29 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 51 | 116 | 2.3 | 44 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2015 * | 67 | 193 | 2.9 | 62 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 86 | 211 | 2.5 | 73 | 0.85 |
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.) | 70 | 46.1 | 50% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 73 | 46.5 | 47% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 64 | 46.8 | 53% | 75% | +0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 44 | 41.8 | 43% | 61% | −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
- Hewett AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Norfolk20262.1applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · NorfolkGood20242.8applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade202550.4Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · NorfolkOutstanding20242.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 36.2Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Norfolk20262.0applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · NorfolkGood20232.6applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
- 4.9 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142059 · 926/4022
- Trust
- Inspiration Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 543 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- The Hewett School (URN 121173)
- Address
- Cecil Road, Norwich, NR1 2PL
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources