Which school has the best GCSE results in Norwich?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Notre Dame High School, Norwich tops the table in Norwich 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 Norwich 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 Norwich 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.

Norwich GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

22 state secondary schools in Norwich 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. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 22 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Norwich ranked on Attainment 8

22 of 22 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Norwich 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	Jane Austen College Norwich · Free schools	53.7	64%	76%	5.25	176
4	Long Stratton High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	50.8	54%	74%	4.59	148
5	Framingham Earl High School Norwich · Academy converter	50.6	54%	73%	4.49	154
6	City of Norwich School Norwich · Academy converter	50.4	53%	75%	4.21	259
7	University Technical College Norfolk Norwich · University technical college	49.8	57%	78%	3.88	115
8	Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · Academy converter	49.2	50%	71%	4.51	297
9	Taverham High School Norwich · Academy converter	49.0	53%	75%	4.28	217
10	Acle Academy Norwich · Academy converter	46.9	47%	67%	4.18	102
11	Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich · Academy converter	46.8	50%	74%	4.15	150
12	Hewett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	46.5	47%	63%	4.39	73
13	Hobart High School Norwich · Academy converter	46.1	50%	71%	4.07	130
14	Reepham High School and College Norwich · Academy converter	45.5	45%	68%	3.99	155
15	Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	45.3	45%	69%	3.71	222
16=	Aylsham High School Norwich · Foundation school	45.0	41%	64%	4.25	202
16=	Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	45.0	45%	66%	3.93	310
18	Hellesdon High School Norwich · Academy converter	40.3	32%	53%	3.49	243
19	Stalham High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	39.5	39%	53%	3.68	92
20	Sewell Park Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	39.1	29%	47%	3.24	150
21	The Open Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	36.7	35%	51%	3.16	104
22	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 Norwich 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
Norwich School Norwich · Other independent school	12.1	0%	177
Red Balloon - Norwich Norwich · Other independent school	16.5	9%	11

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 Norwich on our composite score

Norwich GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Norwich ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Norwich with published GCSE results

More about schools in Norwich

Norwich GCSE results: common questions