Acle Academy
Academy converter · 709 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Academy sponsor led
City Academy Norwich
- Pupils on roll
- 674of 1,100 places
- Free school meals
- 57.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 135
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 18 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Earlham High School (URN 121175, until 1 September 2009).
What the data says
Of the 123 pupils who finished Year 11 at City Academy Norwich in 2023, 10% stayed on in City Academy Norwich’s own sixth form (Norfolk average 33%), 70% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Norfolk, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish add up to 8% of the year group, and 8% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Norfolk and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | City Academy Norwich | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 123 | 8,553 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 70% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | City Academy Norwich | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.2 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 8% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.91 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.7 | 34.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.9 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 133 | 99% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 56% |
| English Language | 132 | 98% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 52% |
| English Literature | 128 | 95% | 86% | 4% | 21% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 127 | 94% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 52% |
| History | 80 | 59% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 40% |
| Art and Design | 45 | 33% | 7% | 4% | 24% | 64% |
| Geography | 36 | 27% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 47% |
| Photography | 16 | 12% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 63% |
| Textiles | 14 | 10% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 71% |
| Spanish | 11 | 8% | 19% | 27% | 27% | 64% |
| Dance | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 31 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 27 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 25 | — | — |
| Tourism | 19 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.