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
497 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
8%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.9%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
EthnicityPercentage
Indian0.6%
Gypsy/Roma0.6%
Mixed3%
Other White7%
White British86.9%
Other Asian
0.6%
Unclassified
0.4%
Irish
0.2%
Pakistani
0.2%
Other Black
0.2%
Other
0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

AreaResult
School
56%
Local authority average
43%
England average
41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

AreaResult
School
29%
Local authority average
45%
England average
45%

Attainment 8 score

NameValue
School
37.8
Local authority average
45.2
England average
46

EBacc average point score

NameValue
School
3.53
Local authority average
4.05
England average
4.09
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award16
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE11
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE6
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE79
English LiteratureGCSE76
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE27
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Old Buckenham High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
100
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
87
2nd preference
59
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
87
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
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 classes25.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
108
53
55
Year 8
90
51
39
Year 9
107
51
56
Year 10
110
46
64
Year 11
82
37
45
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
83.9%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
43.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
28.0%
33.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
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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