The Nicholas Hamond Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 2 2021 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
138918
Address
Brandon Road, PE37 7DZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
687 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
9.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.2%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.5%
Other White 5.1%
Other 2.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
Mixed 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
African 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.5
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 22%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.7
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award9
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award60
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE118
English LiteratureGCSE115
GeographyGCSE40
HistoryGCSE63
MathematicsGCSE118
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Nicholas Hamond Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
140
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
138
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
8
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
2
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
133
69
64
Year 8
167
85
82
Year 9
130
57
73
Year 10
117
54
63
Year 11
140
76
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
18.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
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

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