Acle AcademyBroadland High Ormiston Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Norwich.

Summary of the comparison

Acle Academy and Broadland High Ormiston Academy are secondary schools in Norwich.

  • Acle Academy scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Broadland High Ormiston Academy scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Broadland High Ormiston Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Acle Academy was judged Good and Broadland High Ormiston Academy was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.9 for Acle Academy and 46.8 for Broadland High Ormiston Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Acle Academy (47.9 in 2021-22, 46.9 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Broadland High Ormiston Academy (52.5 in 2021-22, 46.8 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Acle Academy versus Broadland High Ormiston Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure NorwichAcle AcademyNorwichBroadland High Ormiston AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking27th of 53 in Norfolk 14th of 53 in Norfolk Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll685 757
Capacity711 700
LocationNorwich, NR13 3ER Norwich, NR12 8QN
GCSE results
Attainment 846.9 Stronger figure46.8 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths47.1% 50.0% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths66.7% 74.0% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc32.4% 34.7% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.18 Stronger figure4.15 4.09
Cohort102 150
Pupils
Pupils in the census685 757
Free school meals (ever 6)25.0% 21.1%
English as an additional language1.5% 3.3%
SEN support5.4% 14.8%
SEN with an EHC plan5.3% 3.4%
Attendance
Overall absence10.6% 8.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence27.6% 23.9% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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