Sheringham High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 21 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
Norfolk
Unique reference
137621
Address
Holt Road, NR26 8ND

Pupils

Number of Pupils
703 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
6.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.8%
Persistent absence
32.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.5%
Other White 4%
Mixed 2.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Asian 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 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
-0.03
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 59%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.04
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE166
English LiteratureGCSE122
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE14
FrenchGCSE31
GeographyGCSE49
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sheringham High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
90
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
89
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
6
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
89
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
119
64
55
Year 8
122
57
65
Year 9
109
58
51
Year 10
126
71
55
Year 11
123
58
65
Year 12
56
26
30
Year 13
48
25
23
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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
50.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
12.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
8.0%
10.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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