City Academy Norwich is a secondary school located in Norwich. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 19/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8.3%, which is 4.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: 299 Bluebell Road, Norwich, NR4 7LP
Website: https://canorwich.org
Telephone: 01603452628
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Norfolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Paul Collin
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135904

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 19/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1100
Number of Pupils: 646
Number of Boys: 320
Number of Girls: 326

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 24.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.53 Confidence interval -0.77 to -0.29
Of the 115 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 109 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:34%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:87%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:20%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:34.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.83
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4Earlham Nursery School
Cadge Road, NR5 8DB
1,072 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedBluebell Primary School
Lovelace Road, NR4 7DS
525 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4West Earlham Infant and Nursery School
Scarnell Road, NR5 8HT
617 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4West Earlham Junior School
Scarnell Road, NR5 8HT
617 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Henderson Green Primary School
Earlham Grove, NR5 8DX
1,060 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Norwich Primary Academy
Clarkson Road, NR5 8ED
1,162 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4City Academy Norwich
299 Bluebell Road, NR4 7LP
0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy
Eaton Road, NR4 6PP
2,756 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedNorwich City College of Further and Higher Education
Ipswich Road, NR2 2LJ
3,073 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedSir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School
The Old Fire Station, 30 Bethel Street NR2 1NR
3,121 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedUniversity of East Anglia
The Registry, University Plain NR4 7TJ
827 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedFuture Education
168b Motum Road, NR5 8EG
1,215 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Eaton Hall Specialist Academy
Pettus Road, NR4 7BU
1,466 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
4out of 4The Clare School
South Park Avenue, NR4 7AU
1,509 yd Foundation special school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4The Parkside School, Norwich
College Road, NR2 3JA
1,648 yd Foundation special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.