The Open Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
135650
Address
Salhouse Road, NR7 9DL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
578 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
10.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.3%
Persistent absence
33.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.5%
Other White 7.4%
Mixed 5.2%
Unclassified 4%
African 2.8%
Other 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.58
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.3
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.09
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award17
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE104
English LiteratureGCSE97
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
GeographyGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Open Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
100
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
94
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
42
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
94
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
109
57
52
Year 8
106
57
49
Year 9
97
44
53
Year 10
103
52
51
Year 11
101
45
56
Year 12
34
21
13
Year 13
28
14
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
47.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
12.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
10.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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