Aylsham High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jan 31 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Unique reference
- 121164
- Address
- Sir Williams Lane, Aylsham, NR11 6AN
- Website
- http://www.aylshamhigh.com/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1118 (88% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.6%
- Girls
- 51.4%
- First language not English
- 2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 17.3%
- Persistent absence
- 27.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 16.0%
White British 93.4%
Other White 2.3%
Mixed 2.3%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.31
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.01
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 72%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 59%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 52.3
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.95
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music Studies (General) | Technical Award | 8 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 41 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 37 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 36 |
Biology | GCSE | 87 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 105 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 88 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 13 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 58 |
English Language | GCSE | 223 |
Admissions
Aylsham High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 213
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 241
- 2nd preference
- 58
- 3rd preference
- 17
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 213
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 220 90 130 |
Year 8 | 229 107 122 |
Year 9 | 224 115 109 |
Year 10 | 216 102 114 |
Year 11 | 229 129 100 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 87.0% 85.0% 86.5% |
Further education | 60.0% 41.4% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 23.0% 35.3% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | SP 7.4% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 3.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 3.0% 5.0% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 4.0% 3.6% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 6.0% 5.7% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.7% 1.0% |