Acle Academy
Academy converter · 709 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Academy converter
North Walsham High School
- Pupils on roll
- 641of 950 places
- Free school meals
- 33.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 98
- Ofsted
- Good, 13 December 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: North Walsham High School (URN 121154, until 1 October 2019).
What the data says
North Walsham High School has no sixth form. Of the 118 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 76% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Norfolk, with 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 16% of the year group, and 15% 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 | North Walsham High School | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 118 | 8,553 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 76% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | North Walsham High School | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.8 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 15% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.6 | 34.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.9 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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 | 96 | 98% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 82% |
| English Language | 96 | 98% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 70% |
| English Literature | 95 | 97% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 82 | 84% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 65% |
| Geography | 80 | 82% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 66% |
| History | 43 | 44% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 63% |
| Physical Education | 38 | 39% | 11% | 13% | 24% | 66% |
| Design and Technology | 26 | 27% | 11% | 19% | 23% | 58% |
| Business Studies | 25 | 26% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 56% |
| Fine Art | 20 | 20% | 9% | 30% | 28% | 85% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 18% | 8% | 22% | 21% | 61% |
| Graphic Communication | 18 | 18% | 1% | 6% | 23% | 78% |
| French | 16 | 16% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 81% |
| Drama | 15 | 15% | 7% | 13% | 27% | 87% |
| Chemistry | 14 | 14% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 79% |
| Physics | 14 | 14% | 23% | 21% | 46% | 71% |
| Biology | 14 | 14% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 57% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 13% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 69% |
| Music | 11 | 11% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 0% |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 13 | — | — |
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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.