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
683 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
8.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.3%
Persistent absence
21.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.4%
Other White 4%
Other 2.9%
Unclassified 1.5%
Indian 0.9%
Chinese 0.9%
Mixed 0.7%
African 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.3
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.41
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award27
TourismTechnical Award32
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE110
English LiteratureGCSE111
GeographyGCSE50
HistoryGCSE59
MathematicsGCSE110
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Nicholas Hamond Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
155
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
80
73
Year 8
134
68
66
Year 9
164
86
78
Year 10
123
55
68
Year 11
109
47
62
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
83.9%
85.5%
Further education
64.0%
43.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
15.0%
33.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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