Iceni Secondary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Thetford, IP26 4PE
- Distance
- 14.2km away
Downham Market Academy
Bexwell Road, Downham Market, PE38 9LL
Local ranking29th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1567
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 26 April 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 237
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
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
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
- 656 (49%)
- Girls
- 673 (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
*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
- 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: 89.3%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
89.3%
White British
5.2%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bexwell Road
Downham Market, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 145196
- UKPRN
- 10065903
- Establishment No.
- 4029
- Trust
- EASTERN LEARNING ALLIANCE
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