Springwood High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- King's Lynn, PE30 4AW
- Distance
- 20.0km away
Smithdon High School
Downs Road, Hunstanton, PE36 5HY
Local ranking44th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 116
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 564
- Boys
- 268 (46%)
- Girls
- 311 (54%)
- Capacity
- 750 (77% full)
- SEND
- 24.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.3%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 19.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,108/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
- 12.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.2% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.6%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- White Traveller: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
93.6%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.1%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Downs Road
Hunstanton, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 143520
- UKPRN
- 10061943
- Establishment No.
- 4026
- Trust
- WEST NORFOLK ACADEMIES TRUST
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