Hethersett Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
140188
Address
Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1174 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
11.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.3%
Persistent absence
16.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79%
Other White 6.1%
Mixed 4.4%
Other 2.6%
Chinese 1.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
African 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Other Asian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.91
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.2
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.2
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award10
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
BiologyGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE50
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE76
English LanguageGCSE193
English LiteratureGCSE193
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hethersett Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
256
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
293
2nd preference
134
3rd preference
73
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
251
2nd preference
5
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 classes25.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
268
133
135
Year 8
237
123
114
Year 9
234
119
115
Year 10
226
119
107
Year 11
209
103
106
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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