The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)

Academy converter·Primary school Harleston, Norfolk·IP20 9DD
Composite score
47.7
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#8,101
National rank
#867
In East of England
#88
In Norfolk
Top 55%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20221.0020230.9620241.0320250.972026

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

Every child who put The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England 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).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) is an all-through school covering ages 3–16, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#2,112
National rank
#232
In East of England
#35
In Norfolk
Top 67%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
42.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
30%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
2%
EBacc average points score
3.56

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

School profile

Age range
3–16
Pupils on roll
837
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
20.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,714
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
87%
94 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

School overview

The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) is an all-through school serving Harleston, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 837 pupils aged 3 to 16 on roll. 59% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 24.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 42.7, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) ranks around the middle of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 30% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) 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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