Attleborough Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Attleborough, Norfolk·NR17 2AJ
Composite score
51.7
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National rank
#256
In East of England
#38
In Norfolk
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
42%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.74

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/03/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
144 first choices, 148 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
246
any preference, for 148 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.8920231.0020241.0520250.972026

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

Norfolk does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Attleborough Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
920
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,021
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
91%
142 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Attleborough Academy

Attleborough Academy is a secondary school in Attleborough, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 920 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.4, below the national average of 46. That is down 4.8 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.

42% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made Attleborough Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.6%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. Attleborough 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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