Broadland High Ormiston AcademyNorth Walsham High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Broadland High Ormiston Academy and North Walsham High School are secondary schools.

  • Broadland High Ormiston Academy scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and North Walsham High School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average). Broadland High Ormiston Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Broadland High Ormiston Academy was judged Good and North Walsham High School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.8 for Broadland High Ormiston Academy and 45.8 for North Walsham High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Broadland High Ormiston Academy (52.5 in 2021-22, 46.8 in 2024-25) and has fallen at North Walsham High School (51.1 in 2021-22, 45.8 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Broadland High Ormiston Academy versus North Walsham High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure NorwichBroadland High Ormiston AcademyNorth WalshamNorth Walsham High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC62/100Stronger figureC60/100
Local ranking14th of 53 in Norfolk Stronger figure21st of 53 in Norfolk
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll757 619
Capacity700 950
LocationNorwich, NR12 8QN North Walsham, NR28 9HZ
GCSE results
Attainment 846.8 Stronger figure45.8 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths50.0% Stronger figure42.9% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths74.0% Stronger figure69.4% 64.8%
Entering EBacc34.7% Stronger figure15.3% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.15 Stronger figure3.96 4.09
Cohort150 98
Pupils
Pupils in the census757 619
Free school meals (ever 6)21.1% 31.0%
English as an additional language3.3% 6.0%
SEN support14.8% 20.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.4% 4.7%
Attendance
Overall absence8.8% 8.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence23.9% Stronger figure25.2% 15.8%

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.

Broadland High Ormiston Academy

North Walsham High School

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