Which school has the best GCSE results in Norfolk?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Notre Dame High School, Norwich tops the table in Norfolk with 61.3, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Norfolk schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Norfolk show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Norfolk GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

53 state secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 8 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 53 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on Attainment 8

53 of 53 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Notre Dame High School, Norwich Norwich · Academy converter	61.3	69%	89%	5.89	215
2	Hethersett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	59.0	71%	87%	5.67	223
3	Wymondham College Wymondham · Academy converter	56.4	67%	85%	5.40	208
4	Jane Austen College Norwich · Free schools	53.7	64%	76%	5.25	176
5	Wymondham High Academy Wymondham · Academy converter	52.6	54%	77%	4.93	260
6	Wayland Academy Thetford · Academy converter	52.0	63%	79%	4.89	106
7	Long Stratton High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	50.8	54%	74%	4.59	148
8	Framingham Earl High School Norwich · Academy converter	50.6	54%	73%	4.49	154
9	City of Norwich School Norwich · Academy converter	50.4	53%	75%	4.21	259
10	University Technical College Norfolk Norwich · University technical college	49.8	57%	78%	3.88	115
11	Caister Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy sponsor led	49.4	47%	68%	4.02	109
12	Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · Academy converter	49.2	50%	71%	4.51	297
13	Taverham High School Norwich · Academy converter	49.0	53%	75%	4.28	217
14	Cromer Academy Cromer · Academy converter	48.1	59%	77%	4.45	133
15	Dereham Neatherd High School Dereham · Academy converter	47.4	48%	69%	4.59	225
16	Ormiston Venture Academy Gorleston · Academy sponsor led	47.3	45%	67%	4.03	177
17	Sheringham High School Sheringham · Academy converter	47.1	46%	74%	4.26	124
18	Acle Academy Norwich · Academy converter	46.9	47%	67%	4.18	102
19	Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich · Academy converter	46.8	50%	74%	4.15	150
20	Springwood High School King's Lynn · Academy converter	46.7	47%	65%	4.39	280
21	Diss High School Diss · Academy converter	46.6	45%	71%	4.15	145
22	Hewett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	46.5	47%	63%	4.39	73
23	Hobart High School Norwich · Academy converter	46.1	50%	71%	4.07	130
24	North Walsham High School North Walsham · Academy converter	45.8	43%	69%	3.96	98
25=	Marshland High School Wisbech · Academy sponsor led	45.5	45%	66%	4.33	147
25=	Reepham High School and College Norwich · Academy converter	45.5	45%	68%	3.99	155
27	Alderman Peel High School Wells-next-the-Sea · Academy converter	45.4	48%	71%	3.71	110
28=	Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	45.3	45%	69%	3.71	222
28=	St Clement's High School King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	45.3	37%	62%	4.14	135
30=	Aylsham High School Norwich · Foundation school	45.0	41%	64%	4.25	202
30=	Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	45.0	45%	66%	3.93	310
32	King Edward VII Academy King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	44.4	48%	66%	4.10	160
33	Lynn Grove Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy converter	44.2	42%	66%	3.93	224
34	Downham Market Academy Downham Market · Academy sponsor led	43.8	35%	59%	3.87	201
35	The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) Harleston · Academy converter	42.7	30%	64%	3.56	91
36	The Thetford Academy Thetford · Academy sponsor led	42.4	42%	59%	3.86	238
37	Flegg High Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy converter	42.0	40%	63%	3.68	125
38=	Attleborough Academy Attleborough · Academy converter	41.4	42%	64%	3.74	130
38=	Litcham School King's Lynn · Academy converter	41.4	32%	61%	3.72	108
40	Northgate High School Dereham · Academy converter	41.0	42%	60%	3.43	156
41	Fakenham Academy Fakenham · Academy sponsor led	40.9	35%	56%	3.63	128
42=	Hellesdon High School Norwich · Academy converter	40.3	32%	53%	3.49	243
42=	Smithdon High School Hunstanton · Academy sponsor led	40.3	28%	53%	3.71	94
44	Stalham High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	39.5	39%	53%	3.68	92
45=	King's Lynn Academy King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	39.1	34%	51%	3.59	181
45=	Sewell Park Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	39.1	29%	47%	3.24	150
47	Iceni Secondary Academy Thetford · Academy sponsor led	39.0	38%	57%	3.48	116
48	Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Great Yarmouth · Free schools	38.6	34%	52%	3.25	157
49	The Nicholas Hamond Academy Swaffham · Academy sponsor led	38.4	29%	52%	3.42	110
50	Old Buckenham High School Attleborough · Academy converter	37.8	29%	52%	3.53	82
51	The Open Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	36.7	35%	51%	3.16	104
52	Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy sponsor led	35.9	28%	44%	2.94	138
53	City Academy Norwich Norwich · Academy sponsor led	35.2	30%	47%	2.91	135

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Norfolk with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Gresham's School Other independent school	41.6	0%	106
Include School Norfolk Norfolk · Other independent school	2.8	0%	47
Langley School Norfolk · Other independent school	38.2	16%	74
Norwich High School for Girls GDST Other independent school	36.7	0%	53
Norwich School Norwich · Other independent school	12.1	0%	177
OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham Campus Swaffham · Other independent school	50.1	43%	7
Red Balloon - Norwich Norwich · Other independent school	16.5	9%	11
Thetford Grammar School Other independent school	34.5	0%	29

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Norfolk on our composite score

Norfolk GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Norfolk with published GCSE results

More about schools in Norfolk

Norfolk GCSE results: common questions