Acle Academy
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
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Wayland Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 564of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 106
- Ofsted
- Good, 11 July 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Wayland Community High School (URN 121158, until 1 March 2012).
What the data says
Wayland Academy has no sixth form. Of the 102 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 100% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Norfolk, with 63% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 | Wayland Academy | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 102 | 8,553 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 24% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 55% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Wayland Academy | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.0 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 63% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 58% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.89 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.4 | 34.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.1 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 21% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 106 | 100% | 89% | 23% | 20% | 79% |
| Statistics | 106 | 100% | 5% | 3% | 20% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 106 | 100% | 88% | 30% | 22% | 84% |
| English Literature | 105 | 99% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 87% |
| Combined Science | 87 | 82% | 65% | 16% | 9% | 80% |
| Geography | 77 | 73% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 65% |
| French | 55 | 52% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 75% |
| History | 34 | 32% | 41% | 32% | 26% | 59% |
| Psychology | 28 | 26% | 3% | 14% | 22% | 50% |
| Physical Education | 27 | 25% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 63% |
| Art and Design | 23 | 22% | 7% | 13% | 24% | 96% |
| Business Studies | 23 | 22% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 65% |
| Physics | 19 | 18% | 23% | 58% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 19 | 18% | 23% | 68% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 18% | 23% | 79% | 47% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 19 | 18% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 58% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 18% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 21% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 12% | 13% | 31% | 30% | 54% |
| Polish | 9 | 8% | 1% | 78% | 84% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 4 | 4% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Photography | 3 | 3% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music performance: Group | 12 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 1 | — | — |
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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.