Attleborough Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 7 2021 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
140534
Address
9 Norwich Road, NR17 2AJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
920 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
9.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.7%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.6%
Other White 7.1%
Mixed 3.9%
Unclassified 3.9%
Indian 1.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
African 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 41.3
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.73
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE24
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE126
English LiteratureGCSE124
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Attleborough Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
35
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
1
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 classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
77
78
Year 8
168
82
86
Year 9
162
88
74
Year 10
153
71
82
Year 11
128
63
65
Year 12
93
41
52
Year 13
61
31
30
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
83.9%
85.5%
Further education
41.0%
43.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
42.0%
33.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
51.7%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
12.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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