Which school has the best GCSE results in Norfolk?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Notre Dame High School, Norwich tops the table in Norfolk with 57.0, against an England average of 46.2. 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 2026 results, the 2025/26 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 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

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 2026: secondary school league table

53 state secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 7 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 53 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on Attainment 8

53 of 53 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Notre Dame High School, Norwich Norwich · Academy converter	57.0	19%	64%	79%	–	210
2 , up 1 place since 2025	Wymondham College Wymondham · Academy converter	56.7	22%	67%	86%	–	218
3 , down 1 place since 2025	Hethersett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	55.5	28%	71%	83%	–	220
4 , up 1 place since 2025	Wymondham High Academy Wymondham · Academy converter	52.9	19%	58%	77%	–	260
5 , down 1 place since 2025	Jane Austen College Norwich · Free schools	52.2	18%	59%	72%	–	175
6 , up 4 places since 2025	University Technical College Norfolk Norwich · University technical college	50.4	13%	59%	78%	–	133
7 , down 1 place since 2025	Wayland Academy Thetford · Academy converter	50.2	19%	61%	75%	–	99
8 , up 12 places since 2025	Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich · Academy converter	49.3	8%	59%	77%	–	143
9=	City of Norwich School Norwich · Academy converter	49.2	18%	53%	68%	–	246
9= , up 16 places since 2025	Reepham High School and College Norwich · Academy converter	49.2	11%	56%	71%	–	166
11 , up 19 places since 2025	Aylsham High School Norwich · Foundation school	48.6	11%	54%	73%	–	215
12 , down 5 places since 2025	Long Stratton High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	48.5	9%	53%	65%	–	129
13= , down 2 places since 2025	Caister Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy sponsor led	47.9	9%	38%	63%	–	105
13= , down 1 place since 2025	Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · Academy converter	47.9	9%	47%	76%	–	286
15 , down 1 place since 2025	Cromer Academy Cromer · Academy converter	47.7	12%	50%	69%	–	127
16 , down 8 places since 2025	Framingham Earl High School Norwich · Academy converter	47.3	8%	45%	67%	–	150
17 , down 4 places since 2025	Taverham High School Norwich · Academy converter	46.4	13%	44%	64%	–	207
18 , up 5 places since 2025	Hobart High School Norwich · Academy converter	46.3	4%	47%	68%	–	117
19 , down 1 place since 2025	Springwood High School King's Lynn · Academy converter	46.2	10%	44%	65%	–	291
20 , up 2 places since 2025	Hewett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	46.1	6%	50%	61%	–	70
21 , up 14 places since 2025	The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) Harleston · Academy converter	45.9	8%	40%	74%	–	88
22 , up 8 places since 2025	Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	45.8	12%	53%	70%	–	277
23= , up 14 places since 2025	Flegg High Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy converter	45.7	10%	43%	63%	–	152
23= , down 7 places since 2025	Ormiston Venture Academy Gorleston · Academy sponsor led	45.7	11%	44%	65%	–	172
25 , up 25 places since 2025	Old Buckenham High School Attleborough · Academy converter	45.2	13%	38%	66%	–	109
26 , up 10 places since 2025	The Thetford Academy Thetford · Academy sponsor led	44.9	11%	47%	62%	–	189
27 , down 10 places since 2025	Sheringham High School Sheringham · Academy converter	44.6	8%	34%	67%	–	109
28 , down 10 places since 2025	Acle Academy Norwich · Academy converter	44.5	10%	37%	66%	–	122
29= , up 9 places since 2025	Litcham School King's Lynn · Academy converter	44.1	3%	35%	59%	–	105
29= , down 5 places since 2025	North Walsham High School North Walsham · Academy converter	44.1	7%	36%	65%	–	123
31 , up 18 places since 2025	The Nicholas Hamond Academy Swaffham · Academy sponsor led	43.7	6%	38%	62%	–	122
32 , down 4 places since 2025	St Clement's High School King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	43.6	8%	36%	58%	–	138
33 , down 8 places since 2025	Marshland High School Wisbech · Academy sponsor led	43.3	6%	40%	61%	–	157
34 , down 19 places since 2025	Dereham Neatherd High School Dereham · Academy converter	43.1	5%	40%	62%	–	226
35 , down 14 places since 2025	Diss High School Diss · Academy converter	43.0	11%	36%	58%	–	132
36 , up 2 places since 2025	Attleborough Academy Attleborough · Academy converter	42.8	5%	33%	62%	–	155
37 , down 9 places since 2025	Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	42.6	8%	40%	64%	–	205
38 , down 4 places since 2025	Downham Market Academy Downham Market · Academy sponsor led	42.5	10%	33%	57%	–	237
39 , up 3 places since 2025	Hellesdon High School Norwich · Academy converter	42.0	9%	37%	57%	–	237
40= , up 8 places since 2025	Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Great Yarmouth · Free schools	41.8	5%	38%	58%	–	166
40= , down 7 places since 2025	Lynn Grove Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy converter	41.8	9%	34%	55%	–	212
42 , down 1 place since 2025	Fakenham Academy Fakenham · Academy sponsor led	41.4	6%	28%	55%	–	136
43 , down 1 place since 2025	Smithdon High School Hunstanton · Academy sponsor led	41.3	7%	41%	62%	–	116
44 , down 12 places since 2025	King Edward VII Academy King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	41.1	8%	41%	57%	–	180
45	King's Lynn Academy King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	41.0	12%	37%	61%	–	174
46 , down 6 places since 2025	Northgate High School Dereham · Academy converter	40.6	4%	33%	56%	–	162
47 , down 3 places since 2025	Stalham High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	40.5	3%	39%	58%	–	87
48 , down 21 places since 2025	Alderman Peel High School Wells-next-the-Sea · Academy converter	39.6	3%	16%	50%	–	111
49 , down 4 places since 2025	Sewell Park Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	37.6	4%	30%	45%	–	143
50 , down 3 places since 2025	Iceni Secondary Academy Thetford · Academy sponsor led	37.3	3%	26%	51%	–	100
51 , up 1 place since 2025	Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy sponsor led	36.8	5%	28%	47%	–	175
52 , up 1 place since 2025	City Academy Norwich Norwich · Academy sponsor led	36.2	3%	25%	49%	–	119
53 , down 2 places since 2025	The Open Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	33.1	5%	26%	52%	–	82

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

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	34.9	0%	118
Include School Norfolk Norfolk · Other independent school	4.4	0%	48
Langley School Norfolk · Other independent school	37.3	0%	98
Norwich High School for Girls GDST Other independent school	36.5	0%	60
Norwich School Norwich · Other independent school	12.9	0%	144
Nurture Education Trust Norwich · Other independent school	7.2	0%	15
OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham Campus Swaffham · Other independent school	4.9	0%	8

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 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. 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 2026: 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