Old Buckenham High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2023 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
146144
Address
Abbey Road, Old Buckenham, NR17 1RL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
492 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
9.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.7%
Persistent absence
25.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.5%
Other White 8.7%
Mixed 3.8%
Unclassified 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 64%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.3
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE87
English LiteratureGCSE87
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
FrenchGCSE27
GeographyGCSE56
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Old Buckenham High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
109
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
104
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
84
47
37
Year 8
107
55
52
Year 9
109
46
63
Year 10
83
36
47
Year 11
109
58
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
46.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
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
4.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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