Academy converter · Secondary
Dereham · NR20 3AX · Norfolk
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 141268
Northgate High School
Academy converter · Dereham · NR19 2EU
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,203
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 Dereham, Norfolk, 1,203 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 28.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141268
Location
- Address
- Cemetery Road
- Postcode
- NR19 2EU
- Town
- Dereham
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- 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
- 1,203
- Boys / girls
- 585 / 618
- School capacity
- 1,280
- Capacity fill
- 1,203 / 1,280 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 28.2%
- FSM pupils
- 254
- 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: UNITY EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- UNITY EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Unity Education Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Galley & Dr Duncan Hone
- Telephone
- 01362697033
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-05-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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
- 38.9
- Progress 8
- -0.3
- English & maths grade 5+
- 34%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 56%
- EBacc entry
- 10%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
8.9%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Unauthorised
2.3%
- Authorised absence
- 6.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 885
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 8.9% · Persistent 27.9%
- 2021/22
- Overall 9.2% · Persistent 28.7%