The Open Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Norwich, NR7 9DL
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Sprowston Community Academy
Cannerby Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NE
Local ranking44th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1767
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 14.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 310
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 37.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
63
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 41.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 154
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1739
- Boys
- 876 (50%)
- Girls
- 863 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1767 (98% full)
- SEND
- 22.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.1%
- EAL
- 10.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 105.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,105/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.4% 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: 86.7%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
86.7%
White British
4.0%
White Other
1.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cannerby Lane
Norwich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 144359
- UKPRN
- 10064750
- Establishment No.
- 4028
- Trust
- BROAD HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST
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