Graded inspection · May 2025 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 13 May 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 26 February 2020Ungraded 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 entry349 applications · 218 places offered · 225 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Dereham Neatherd High School (URN 121182), 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 | 218 | 349 | 1.6 | 225 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 169 | 283 | 1.7 | 164 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 215 | 323 | 1.5 | 213 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 226 | 351 | 1.6 | 223 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 224 | 364 | 1.6 | 263 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 226 | 374 | 1.7 | 288 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2020 | 225 | 358 | 1.6 | 251 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 228 | 371 | 1.6 | 290 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 285 | 357 | 1.3 | 289 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 213 | 290 | 1.4 | 212 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 231 | 295 | 1.3 | 232 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 206 | 334 | 1.6 | 208 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2014 * | 173 | 273 | 1.6 | 167 | 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.) | 226 | 43.1 | 40% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 225 | 47.4 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 229 | 42.4 | 38% | 61% | −0.42 |
| 2022/23 | 258 | 47.6 | 45% | 72% | +0.05 |
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
- Dereham Neatherd High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · NorfolkGood20231.6applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 12.0 km · NorfolkGood20221.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 15.5 km · NorfolkGood20231.2applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 15.6 km · NorfolkGood20231.8applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 16.0 km · NorfolkRemains Good20232.0applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 16.5 km · NorfolkOutstanding20233.3applications per place 56.7Attainment 8
- 17.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144316 · 926/4085
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,130 pupils · 1,079 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 March 2017
- Replaced
- Dereham Neatherd High School (URN 121182)
- Address
- Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3AX
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources