Norfolk school rankings
Explore GCSE and A-Level results, entries and published grade rates.
GCSE rankings
Latest imported year: 2025/26. Links to all 75 schools with GCSE records in this source area, including unranked and historical records.
Ranked by Grade 7+, then Grade 8+, then Grade 9, highest first. At least 200 known entries, 90% coverage, official Attainment 8 of at least 50 and English & maths 5+ of at least 50%, no unknown entry totals and a calculable rate are required. Policy entry-coverage-ks4-v1. Read the methodology.
Independent schools are shown as Selective here because they set their own admissions criteria; this site convention does not confirm academic entrance tests. School sectors and other admissions labels follow the GIAS register snapshot of 18 October 2026, not necessarily the exam year. Non-Selective refers to the main school intake and does not rule out partial selection or sixth-form entry requirements. Classification sources.
Ranked schools (7)
| Rank | School | Admissions | School sector | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 8+ | Grade 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hethersett Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,560 | 38.9% | 22.4% | 8.9% |
| 2 | Notre Dame High School, Norwich | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,788 | 36.1% | 21.9% | 9.2% |
| 3 | Jane Austen College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,298 | 32.2% | 20.3% | 10.3% |
| 4 | Wymondham College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,891 | 28.5% | 13.4% | 4.0% |
| 5 | Wymondham High Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2,211 | 25.0% | 13.4% | 5.1% |
| 6 | Wayland Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 850 | 21.9% | 10.0% | 2.4% |
| 7 | University Technical College Norfolk | Not recorded | State-funded | 849 | 21.7% | 10.6% | 2.9% |
Not ranked (68)
| School | Admissions | School sector | Latest held | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acle Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Acorn Park School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Alderman Peel High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| All Saints School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Attleborough Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Aurora Eccles School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Aylsham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Broadland High Ormiston Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Bure Park Specialist Academy | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Caister Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| City Academy Norwich | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Cliff Park Ormiston Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Compass Community School Eld Park | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Cromer Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Dereham Neatherd High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Diss High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Downham Market Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Duke of Lancaster School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Eaton Hall Specialist Academy | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Fakenham Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Fen Rivers Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Flegg High Ormiston Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Framingham Earl High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Future Education | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Great Yarmouth Charter Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Gresham's School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Hellesdon High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Hewett Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Hobart High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Iceni Secondary Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Include School Norfolk | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| King Edward VII Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| King's Lynn Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Langley School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Litcham School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Long Stratton High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Lynn Grove Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Marshland High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| North Walsham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Northgate High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Norwich High School for Girls GDST | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Norwich School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Old Buckenham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham Campus | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Ormiston Venture Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Ormiston Victory Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Red Balloon - Norwich | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Red Balloon Educational Trust-Norfolk | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Reepham High School and College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Sewell Park Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Sheridan House School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Sheringham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Smithdon High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Springwood High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Sprowston Community Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| St Andrew's School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St Clement's High School | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stalham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Taverham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Nicholas Hamond Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Open Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Thetford Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Wherry School | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Thetford Grammar School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Westfield House School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
A-Level rankings
Latest imported year: 2024/25. Links to all 32 schools with A-Level records in this source area, including unranked and historical records.
Ranked by A*–B, then A*–A, then A*, highest first. At least 60 known entries, 80% coverage, no unknown entry totals and a calculable rate are required. Policy entry-coverage-ks4-v1. Read the methodology.
Independent schools are shown as Selective here because they set their own admissions criteria; this site convention does not confirm academic entrance tests. School sectors and other admissions labels follow the GIAS register snapshot of 18 October 2026, not necessarily the exam year. Post-16 admissions identifies a standalone post-16 provider; GIAS’s school-level policy cannot establish its entry requirements. Non-Selective refers to the main school intake and does not rule out partial selection or sixth-form entry requirements. Classification sources.
Ranked schools (20)
| Rank | School | Admissions | School sector | Entries | A*–B | A*–A | A* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwich School | Selective | Independent | 537 | 81.6% | 51.7% | 23.5% |
| 2 | Gresham's School | Selective | Independent | 229 | 73.8% | 48.0% | 22.2% |
| 3 | Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School | Post-16 admissions | State-funded | 885 | 67.1% | 44.1% | 17.5% |
| 4 | Jane Austen College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 302 | 66.8% | 36.0% | 12.9% |
| 5 | Wymondham College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 642 | 59.3% | 29.7% | 8.3% |
| 6 | Langley School | Selective | Independent | 118 | 56.6% | 26.3% | 6.1% |
| 7 | Reepham High School and College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 340 | 56.4% | 29.3% | 7.0% |
| 8 | Wymondham High Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 269 | 55.1% | 27.6% | 9.9% |
| 9 | Notre Dame High School, Norwich | Non-Selective | State-funded | 775 | 53.2% | 23.8% | 7.9% |
| 10 | City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 542 | 53.1% | 23.2% | 6.4% |
| 11 | East Norfolk Sixth Form College | Post-16 admissions | State-funded | 843 | 48.9% | 20.3% | 6.6% |
| 12 | Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form | Non-Selective | State-funded | 253 | 48.3% | 21.6% | 5.1% |
| 13 | Springwood High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 644 | 43.8% | 19.0% | 4.9% |
| 14 | Hellesdon High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 215 | 42.2% | 16.6% | 4.0% |
| 15 | Taverham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 209 | 42.2% | 21.4% | 4.0% |
| 16 | Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education | Post-16 admissions | Not recorded | 753 | 36.5% | 12.4% | 3.5% |
| 17 | Northgate High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 276 | 33.5% | 11.4% | 3.0% |
| 18 | King Edward VII Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 162 | 27.2% | 10.2% | 2.7% |
| 19 | Sprowston Community Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 161 | 24.1% | 13.9% | 4.4% |
| 20 | The College of West Anglia | Post-16 admissions | Not recorded | 84 | 24.0% | 2.7% | 0.0% |
Not ranked (12)
| School | Admissions | School sector | Latest held | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attleborough Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Diss High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Downham Market Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Fakenham Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Great Yarmouth Charter Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |
| Norwich High School for Girls GDST | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Ormiston Victory Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Sheringham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| The Open Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |
| The Thetford Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Thetford Grammar School | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |
| University Technical College Norfolk | Not recorded | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries |