Which school has the best GCSE results in Norwich?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Notre Dame High School, Norwich tops the table in Norwich 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 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 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 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 2026: secondary school league table

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

Town 22 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Norwich ranked on Attainment 8

22 of 22 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Norwich 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	Hethersett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	55.5	28%	71%	83%	–	220
3	Jane Austen College Norwich · Free schools	52.2	18%	59%	72%	–	175
4 , up 3 places since 2025	University Technical College Norfolk Norwich · University technical college	50.4	13%	59%	78%	–	133
5 , up 6 places since 2025	Broadland High Ormiston Academy Norwich · Academy converter	49.3	8%	59%	77%	–	143
6=	City of Norwich School Norwich · Academy converter	49.2	18%	53%	68%	–	246
6= , up 8 places since 2025	Reepham High School and College Norwich · Academy converter	49.2	11%	56%	71%	–	166
8 , up 8 places since 2025	Aylsham High School Norwich · Foundation school	48.6	11%	54%	73%	–	215
9 , down 5 places since 2025	Long Stratton High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	48.5	9%	53%	65%	–	129
10 , down 2 places since 2025	Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · Academy converter	47.9	9%	47%	76%	–	286
11 , down 6 places since 2025	Framingham Earl High School Norwich · Academy converter	47.3	8%	45%	67%	–	150
12 , down 3 places since 2025	Taverham High School Norwich · Academy converter	46.4	13%	44%	64%	–	207
13	Hobart High School Norwich · Academy converter	46.3	4%	47%	68%	–	117
14 , down 2 places since 2025	Hewett Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	46.1	6%	50%	61%	–	70
15 , up 1 place since 2025	Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	45.8	12%	53%	70%	–	277
16 , down 6 places since 2025	Acle Academy Norwich · Academy converter	44.5	10%	37%	66%	–	122
17 , down 2 places since 2025	Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	42.6	8%	40%	64%	–	205
18	Hellesdon High School Norwich · Academy converter	42.0	9%	37%	57%	–	237
19	Stalham High School Norwich · Academy sponsor led	40.5	3%	39%	58%	–	87
20	Sewell Park Academy Norwich · Academy sponsor led	37.6	4%	30%	45%	–	143
21 , up 1 place since 2025	City Academy Norwich Norwich · Academy sponsor led	36.2	3%	25%	49%	–	119
22 , down 1 place 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 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	12.9	0%	144
Nurture Education Trust Norwich · Other independent school	7.2	0%	15

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 Norwich on our composite score

Norwich GCSE results 2026: 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