Attleborough Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 8 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
932 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
10.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.6%
Persistent absence
21.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.6%
Other White 7.6%
Mixed 3.1%
Unclassified 2.9%
Indian 1.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
African 0.6%
Other 0.4%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 45.9
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.89
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE20
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE20
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE141
English LiteratureGCSE141
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE36
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Attleborough Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
149
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
149
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
148
2nd preference
1
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
168
83
85
Year 8
164
90
74
Year 9
150
71
79
Year 10
131
66
65
Year 11
177
84
93
Year 12
80
39
41
Year 13
62
37
25
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
41.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
69.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
12.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
10.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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