Graded inspection · Apr 2022 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 entry145 applications · 96 places offered · 95 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Alderman Peel High School (URN 121170), 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 | 96 | 145 | 1.5 | 95 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 109 | 188 | 1.7 | 130 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2024 | 134 | 164 | 1.2 | 133 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 118 | 147 | 1.3 | 118 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 122 | 149 | 1.2 | 121 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 113 | 145 | 1.3 | 112 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 126 | 145 | 1.2 | 124 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 115 | 150 | 1.3 | 112 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 105 | 144 | 1.4 | 110 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 * | 85 | 123 | 1.5 | 85 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 88 | 120 | 1.4 | 87 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 97 | 142 | 1.5 | 116 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 * | 80 | 99 | 1.2 | 79 | 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.) | 111 | 39.6 | 16% | 50% | – |
| 2024/25 | 110 | 45.4 | 48% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 119 | 42.0 | 43% | 61% | −0.31 |
| 2022/23 | 106 | 39.8 | 32% | 59% | −0.44 |
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
- Alderman Peel High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.5applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 12.1 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20241.2applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 23.3 km · NorfolkGood20231.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 23.9 km · NorfolkGood20231.3applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 25.5 km · NorfolkGood20221.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 27.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 29.8 km · NorfolkGood20231.6applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 30.6 km · NorfolkRemains Good20231.5applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 30.8 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145089 · 926/4056
- Trust
- The Wensum Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 525 pupils · 606 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2017
- Replaced
- Alderman Peel High School (URN 121170)
- Address
- Market Lane, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RB
- Local authority
- Norfolk · North Norfolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources