City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Norwich, Norfolk·NR4 6PP
Composite score
63.0
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#872
National rank
#86
In East of England
#9
In Norfolk
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
53%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
75%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
4.21

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
278 first choices, 269 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
562
any preference, for 269 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.1120231.0020240.9220251.032026

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 City of Norwich School, An Ormiston 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
1,708
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
15.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
29.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,022
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
95%
261 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy

City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy is a secondary school in Norwich, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,708 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 50.4 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.8 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% of secondary schools nationally.

53% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 75% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 278 first choices for 269 places. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.1%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. City of Norwich School, An Ormiston 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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