Alderman Peel High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 20 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
145089
Address
Market Lane, NR23 1RB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
604 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.2%
Persistent absence
24.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.6%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 3.1%
Unclassified 3.1%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.4
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.7
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
TourismTechnical Award23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE108
English LiteratureGCSE106
FrenchGCSE12
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Alderman Peel High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
109
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
130
2nd preference
46
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
109
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
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 classes26.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
137
72
65
Year 8
127
64
63
Year 9
118
62
56
Year 10
113
60
53
Year 11
109
60
49
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
83.9%
85.5%
Further education
47.0%
43.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
25.0%
33.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
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

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