Jane Austen College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
140815
Address
46-48 Colegate, NR3 1DD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1062 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
41.2%
Girls
58.8%
First language not English
22.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.2%
Persistent absence
22.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.9%
Other White 9.5%
Unclassified 7.4%
Mixed 6.7%
African 3.4%
Indian 3.3%
Other 1.7%
Other Asian 1.6%
Chinese 1.5%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 83%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.3
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.69
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE24
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE13
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Applied EngineeringGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Jane Austen College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
162
2nd preference
179
3rd preference
89
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
143
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
3
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
72
106
Year 8
175
80
95
Year 9
178
82
96
Year 10
179
86
93
Year 11
172
79
93
Year 12
109
26
83
Year 13
71
13
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
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
90.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
12.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
10.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
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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