Iceni Secondary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Thetford, Norfolk·IP26 4PE
Composite score
48.8
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#2,647
National rank
#298
In East of England
#47
In Norfolk
Top 83%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
57%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
3.48

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
102 first choices, 110 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
148
any preference, for 110 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.7220230.5820240.8920250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Iceni Secondary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
582
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
31.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,353
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
84%
87 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
76%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
7%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

About Iceni Secondary Academy

Iceni Secondary Academy is a secondary school in Thetford, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 582 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 39.0, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 4.3 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 57% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Iceni Secondary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 102 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 84% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.5%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. Iceni Secondary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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