Taverham High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 16 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
139487
Address
Beech Avenue, Taverham, NR8 6HP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1256 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
6.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.6%
Persistent absence
24.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.9%
Other White 4.1%
Mixed 2.9%
African 1.8%
Unclassified 1.4%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.8
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.5
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE60
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
Applied EngineeringGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE209
English LiteratureGCSE207
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Taverham High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
212
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
222
2nd preference
88
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
209
2nd preference
3
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
229
131
98
Year 8
220
92
128
Year 9
219
119
100
Year 10
216
116
100
Year 11
222
113
109
Year 12
88
48
40
Year 13
62
32
30
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
47.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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
60.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
12.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
10.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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