Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Norwich · NR9 3DB · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 140188
Hethersett Academy
Academy sponsor led · Norwich · NR9 3DB
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,250
Local authority
Norfolk
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have 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 sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Norwich, Norfolk, 1,250 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 14%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140188
Location
- Address
- Queen's Road, Hethersett
- Postcode
- NR9 3DB
- Town
- Norwich
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: 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
- 1,250
- Boys / girls
- 637 / 613
- School capacity
- 1,350
- Capacity fill
- 1,250 / 1,350 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 14%
- FSM pupils
- 175
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: INSPIRATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- INSPIRATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Inspiration Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Jane Diver
- Telephone
- 01603810924
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
School remains Outstanding
Inspection date
2022-11-10
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
- 58.2
- Progress 8
- 1.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 73%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 85%
- EBacc entry
- 72%
- EBacc APS
- 5.6