Alderman Peel High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk·NR23 1RB
Composite score
56.8
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#1,640
National rank
#183
In East of England
#27
In Norfolk
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
48%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
71%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
3.71

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
95 first choices, 96 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
145
any preference, for 96 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920221.0020230.9920241.1920250.992026

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

Every child who put Alderman Peel High School 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
604
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,355
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%
106 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
76%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
8%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Alderman Peel High School at a glance

Located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, Alderman Peel High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 604 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.4 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 3.4 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

48% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 71% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Alderman Peel High School their first choice was offered one of its 96 Year 7 places. 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 10.4%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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