Sprowston Community Academy is a secondary school located in Norwich. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 11/03/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.5%, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Cannerby Lane, Norwich

School Information

Address: Cannerby Lane, Norwich, NR7 8NE
Website:
Telephone: 01603485266
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Norfolk
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Liz Wood
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 144359

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 11/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1767
Number of Pupils: 1423
Number of Boys: 740
Number of Girls: 683

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 18.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.12 Confidence interval -0.31 to 0.07
Of the 173 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 169 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:15%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:40%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.76
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cecil Gowing Infant School
Falcon Road West , Sprowston NR7 8NZ 		3out of 4 234 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Falcon Junior School
Falcon Road West , Sprowston NR7 8NT 		3out of 4 297 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery
Sparhawk Avenue , Sprowston NR7 8BU 		3out of 4 772 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Sprowston Junior School
Recreation Ground Road , Sprowston NR7 8EW 		3out of 4 781 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Sprowston Infant School
Recreation Ground Road , Sprowston NR7 8EW 		3out of 4 781 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sprowston Community Academy
Cannerby Lane , Sprowston NR7 8NE 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Open Academy
Salhouse Road , NR7 9DL 		2out of 4 867 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sewell Park Academy
St Clement's Hill , NR3 4BX 		2out of 4 2,016 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form
Laundry Lane , Thorpe St Andrew NR7 0XS 		4out of 4 2,986 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Jane Austen College
46-48 Colegate , NR3 1DD 		3out of 4 3,241 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hall School
St Faith's Road , Old Catton NR6 7AD 		3out of 4 2,476 yd Foundation special school Yes Mixed More About School
Norwich School
71A The Close , NR1 4DD 		- not rated 3,113 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Norwich University of the Arts
Francis House , 3 - 7 Redwell Street NR2 4SN 		- not rated 3,277 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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