Hewett Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 4 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
142059
Address
Cecil Road, NR1 2PL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
422 (22% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
27.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
36%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.9%
African 15.4%
Unclassified 8.3%
Other White 8.1%
Mixed 4.8%
Indian 4.7%
Other 3.1%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Chinese 1.4%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.8
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award4
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE44
English LiteratureGCSE44
FrenchGCSE14
GeographyGCSE23
Modern GreekGCSE2
HistoryGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hewett Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
128
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
94
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
94
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
4
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 classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
130
66
64
Year 8
93
50
43
Year 9
66
37
29
Year 10
70
40
30
Year 11
63
23
40
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
52.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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