Downham Market Academy
Bexwell Road, Downham Market, PE38 9LL
Local ranking27th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1567
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 201
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 37.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
36
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 95
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1333
- Boys
- 650 (49%)
- Girls
- 683 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1567 (85% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.9%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 93.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,085/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.2%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Other: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
85.2%
White British
4.9%
White Other
4.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145196
- UKPRN
- 10065903
- Establishment No.
- 4029
- Trust
- EASTERN LEARNING ALLIANCE