Norton Hill Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Unique reference
136335
Address
Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, BA3 4AD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1827 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.1%
Persistent absence
17.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.2%
Other White 3.5%
Mixed 2.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other 0.3%
African 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 62%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.8
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.63
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award75
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE58
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
DanceGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE275
English LiteratureGCSE275
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE49
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Norton Hill Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
273
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
332
2nd preference
97
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
66
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
267
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
27
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
296
161
135
Year 8
296
144
152
Year 9
299
157
142
Year 10
294
145
149
Year 11
300
142
158
Year 12
173
71
102
Year 13
169
75
94
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
24.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
60.0%
54.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
7.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
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
70.0%
61.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
20.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
21.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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