The Open Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Norwich, NR7 9DL
- Distance
- 2.2km away
Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form
Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0XS
Local ranking14th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1892
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 286
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 46.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 31.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
110
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 351
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1834
- Boys
- 957 (52%)
- Girls
- 873 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1892 (97% full)
- SEND
- 13.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.1%
- EAL
- 9.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 100.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,635/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
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 74.4%
- White Other: 9.5%
- Mixed Other: 5.4%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Chinese: 1.1%
- Other: 1.1%
74.4%
White British
9.5%
White Other
5.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Laundry Lane
Norwich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 143278
- UKPRN
- 10057638
- Establishment No.
- 4083
- Trust
- BROAD HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST
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