Alderman Peel High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RB
- Distance
- 12.1km away
Fakenham Academy
Field Lane, Fakenham, NR21 9QT
Local ranking33rd of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 9 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 136
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 15.0%
- Employment
- 34.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
44
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 105
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 743
- Boys
- 331 (46%)
- Girls
- 392 (54%)
- Capacity
- 750 (96% full)
- SEND
- 18.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.7%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,425/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.0%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
- Black African: 0.4%
- White Irish: 0.3%
92.0%
White British
3.4%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Field Lane
Fakenham, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 139572
- UKPRN
- 10041277
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST
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