Sewell Park Academy
Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Norwich · NR3 4BX · Norfolk
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
2.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138039
Hellesdon High School
Academy converter · Norwich · NR6 5SB
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,476
Local authority
Norfolk
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Norwich, Norfolk, 1,476 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 27.2%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138039
Location
- Address
- 187 Middletons Lane, Hellesdon
- Postcode
- NR6 5SB
- Town
- Norwich
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Norwich North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,476
- Boys / girls
- 792 / 684
- School capacity
- 1,290
- Capacity fill
- 1,476 / 1,290 (114%)
- Free school meals
- 27.2%
- FSM pupils
- 315
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE WENSUM TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE WENSUM TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Wensum Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Watts
- Telephone
- 01603424711
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2023-10-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 39.5
- Progress 8
- -0.5
- English & maths grade 5+
- 32%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 56%
- EBacc entry
- 52%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6