Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
- 21 September 2021Graded inspection: 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 · 122 places offered · 109 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Long Stratton High School (URN 121160), 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 | 122 | 168 | 1.4 | 109 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 129 | 187 | 1.5 | 124 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 144 | 200 | 1.4 | 142 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 158 | 229 | 1.5 | 175 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 148 | 203 | 1.4 | 145 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 143 | 176 | 1.2 | 138 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 153 | 171 | 1.1 | 141 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 119 | 138 | 1.2 | 105 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 130 | 151 | 1.2 | 128 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 * | 110 | 116 | 1.1 | 101 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 118 | 133 | 1.1 | 111 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 128 | 147 | 1.2 | 124 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 107 | 121 | 1.1 | 104 | 0.97 |
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.) | 129 | 48.5 | 53% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 148 | 50.8 | 54% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 103 | 50.2 | 57% | 74% | +0.54 |
| 2022/23 | 123 | 46.9 | 41% | 70% | +0.26 |
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
- Long Stratton High SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · NorfolkRemains Good20232.0applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · NorfolkRemains Good20221.6applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 12.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade202550.4Attainment 8
- 12.6 km · NorfolkRemains Outstanding20222.0applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · NorfolkRemains Good20231.8applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · NorfolkOutstanding20233.3applications per place 56.7Attainment 8
- 14.0 km · Norfolk20262.1applications per place 49.2Attainment 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
- 144018 · 926/4027
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 821 pupils · 679 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2017
- Replaced
- Long Stratton High School (URN 121160)
- Address
- Manor Road, Long Stratton, Norwich, NR15 2XR
- Local authority
- Norfolk · South Norfolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources