Which school had the best GCSE results in Norfolk in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Notre Dame High School, Norwich topped the table in Norfolk with 57.7, against an England average of 46.3. 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.

Where are the latest Norfolk GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Norfolk are on the main Norfolk GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Norfolk show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2023: secondary school league table

53 state secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 6 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Norfolk GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 53 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on Attainment 8

53 of 53 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	Notre Dame High School, Norwich Norwich · Academy converter	57.7	+0.69 (0.50 to 0.89)	67%	87%	5.43	212
2	Hethersett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	54.2	+0.91 (0.71 to 1.12)	66%	79%	5.20	195
3	Wymondham College Wymondham · Academy converter	53.9	+0.34 (0.12 to 0.56)	57%	80%	5.11	206
4 , up 8 places since 2022	Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · Academy converter	52.4	+0.26 (0.09 to 0.42)	56%	77%	4.66	289
5= , up 4 places since 2022	Aylsham High School Norwich · Foundation school	52.3	+0.31 (0.12 to 0.50)	59%	75%	4.95	224
5= , up 1 place since 2022	Wymondham High Academy Wymondham · Academy converter	52.3	+0.46 (0.28 to 0.64)	55%	76%	4.85	238
7 , down 3 places since 2022	Framingham Earl High School Norwich · Academy converter	51.4	+0.19 (-0.03 to 0.42)	54%	80%	4.47	155
8 , up 11 places since 2022	City of Norwich School Norwich · Academy converter	50.6	+0.28 (0.11 to 0.46)	52%	70%	4.12	261
9 , up 10 places since 2022	Taverham High School Norwich · Academy converter	49.8	+0.09 (-0.10 to 0.28)	58%	76%	4.50	212
10 , up 19 places since 2022	Hobart High School Norwich · Academy converter	49.1	+0.21 (-0.05 to 0.47)	53%	72%	4.26	116
11 , down 3 places since 2022	Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich · Academy converter	49.0	+0.06 (-0.18 to 0.29)	56%	75%	4.31	147
12 , down 3 places since 2022	Cromer Academy Cromer · Academy converter	48.4	+0.25 (0.01 to 0.49)	55%	75%	4.49	139
13 , up 2 places since 2022	Jane Austen College Norwich · Free schools	48.3	+0.23 (0.01 to 0.45)	50%	71%	4.69	173
14 , up 17 places since 2022	Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	48.0	+0.31 (0.12 to 0.50)	42%	68%	3.87	219
15= , up 3 places since 2022	Lynn Grove Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy converter	47.7	-0.05 (-0.23 to 0.13)	50%	69%	4.15	243
15= , down 3 places since 2022	North Walsham High School North Walsham · Academy converter	47.7	+0.02 (-0.24 to 0.28)	47%	72%	4.06	118
17 , down 10 places since 2022	Dereham Neatherd High School Dereham · Academy converter	47.6	+0.05 (-0.12 to 0.23)	45%	72%	4.56	258
18 , up 25 places since 2022	University Technical College Norfolk Norwich · University technical college	47.5	+0.00 (-0.26 to 0.27)	51%	76%	3.76	113
19 , down 14 places since 2022	Long Stratton High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	46.9	+0.26 (0.01 to 0.51)	41%	70%	4.10	123
20 , up 5 places since 2022	Attleborough Academy Attleborough · Academy converter	45.9	+0.22 (-0.02 to 0.45)	42%	69%	3.89	142
21 , down 12 places since 2022	Litcham School King's Lynn · Academy converter	45.6	-0.08 (-0.33 to 0.17)	41%	61%	4.25	126
22	Diss High School Diss · Academy converter	45.4	-0.06 (-0.28 to 0.17)	46%	67%	4.06	157
23 , up 3 places since 2022	Marshland High School Wisbech · Academy sponsor led	45.2	+0.43 (0.20 to 0.66)	40%	66%	3.82	149
24= , down 1 place since 2022	Acle Academy Norwich · Academy converter	45.0	-0.06 (-0.32 to 0.20)	41%	65%	3.97	112
24= , down 9 places since 2022	Flegg High Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy converter	45.0	-0.40 (-0.63 to -0.16)	39%	63%	4.02	142
26 , down 11 places since 2022	Wayland Academy Thetford · Academy converter	44.7	+0.28 (0.00 to 0.56)	49%	66%	4.18	102
27 , down 6 places since 2022	Sheringham High School Sheringham · Academy converter	44.5	-0.03 (-0.28 to 0.22)	37%	67%	4.04	123
28 , down 1 place since 2022	Springwood High School King's Lynn · Academy converter	44.1	-0.06 (-0.24 to 0.11)	39%	57%	3.95	274
29	The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) Harleston · Academy converter	43.7	-0.02 (-0.31 to 0.27)	29%	54%	3.63	94
30 , down 16 places since 2022	Ormiston Venture Academy Gorleston · Academy sponsor led	43.6	+0.09 (-0.12 to 0.30)	39%	59%	3.63	176
31 , down 7 places since 2022	Old Buckenham High School Attleborough · Academy converter	43.3	+0.08 (-0.22 to 0.38)	39%	66%	4.02	87
32 , up 13 places since 2022	Smithdon High School Hunstanton · Academy sponsor led	43.1	+0.07 (-0.18 to 0.32)	38%	67%	3.69	125
33	Reepham High School and College Norwich · Academy converter	43.0	-0.28 (-0.51 to -0.05)	36%	62%	3.78	151
34 , up 2 places since 2022	Stalham High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	42.9	-0.48 (-0.81 to -0.15)	40%	59%	3.94	73
35= , down 4 places since 2022	Caister Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy sponsor led	42.6	-0.13 (-0.37 to 0.10)	28%	59%	3.38	145
35= , down 1 place since 2022	Northgate High School Dereham · Academy converter	42.6	-0.30 (-0.59 to -0.02)	31%	61%	3.52	99
37 , down 7 places since 2022	St Clement's High School King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	42.1	+0.00 (-0.25 to 0.25)	33%	58%	3.61	126
38 , down 2 places since 2022	The Thetford Academy Thetford · Academy sponsor led	42.0	+0.31 (0.11 to 0.50)	38%	58%	3.76	207
39= , up 13 places since 2022	Hewett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	41.8	-0.21 (-0.67 to 0.24)	43%	61%	3.84	44
39= , down 1 place since 2022	Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	41.8	-0.32 (-0.49 to -0.15)	35%	58%	3.57	260
41 , up 8 places since 2022	King Edward VII Academy King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	40.9	-0.29 (-0.50 to -0.07)	41%	60%	3.84	181
42 , down 8 places since 2022	Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Great Yarmouth · Free schools	40.7	-0.07 (-0.31 to 0.18)	38%	52%	3.46	147
43 , down 15 places since 2022	Downham Market Academy Downham Market · Academy sponsor led	40.5	-0.23 (-0.45 to -0.02)	30%	59%	3.56	174
44 , down 5 places since 2022	Hellesdon High School Norwich · Academy converter	40.3	-0.36 (-0.54 to -0.18)	29%	54%	3.60	248
45 , down 1 place since 2022	Alderman Peel High School Wells-next-the-Sea · Academy converter	39.8	-0.44 (-0.71 to -0.16)	32%	59%	3.35	106
46	Iceni Secondary Academy Thetford · Academy sponsor led	38.9	-0.38 (-0.69 to -0.07)	32%	49%	3.67	87
47 , down 6 places since 2022	Fakenham Academy Fakenham · Academy sponsor led	38.2	-0.29 (-0.56 to -0.02)	23%	52%	3.27	109
48 , down 1 place since 2022	Sewell Park Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	37.3	-0.48 (-0.76 to -0.19)	27%	49%	2.99	103
49 , up 1 place since 2022	Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth · Academy sponsor led	36.8	-0.37 (-0.58 to -0.15)	24%	43%	2.94	172
50 , down 2 places since 2022	King's Lynn Academy King's Lynn · Academy sponsor led	36.2	-0.49 (-0.70 to -0.28)	30%	48%	3.40	180
51 , down 10 places since 2022	The Nicholas Hamond Academy Swaffham · Academy sponsor led	35.7	-0.50 (-0.76 to -0.24)	22%	39%	3.23	119
52 , down 12 places since 2022	The Open Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	35.3	-0.58 (-0.86 to -0.31)	22%	52%	3.09	104
53 , down 2 places since 2022	City Academy Norwich Norwich · Academy sponsor led	34.0	-0.70 (-0.96 to -0.43)	19%	47%	2.79	123

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Norfolk with published 2023 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	34.0	0%	118
Include School Norfolk Norfolk · Other independent school	3.6	0%	34
Langley School Norfolk · Other independent school	42.0	32%	92
Norwich High School for Girls GDST Other independent school	23.0	0%	54
Norwich School Norwich · Other independent school	12.0	1%	167
OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham Campus Swaffham · Other independent school	68.8	88%	16

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Norfolk GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Norfolk on our composite score

Norfolk GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Norfolk ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Norfolk with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Norfolk

Norfolk GCSE results: common questions