The Open 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 07/11/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.6%, which is 2.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Salhouse Road, Norwich

School Information

Address: Salhouse Road, Norwich, NR7 9DL
Website: http://www.open-academy.org.uk/
Telephone: 01603481640
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Norfolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Jon Ford
Religious character:
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135650

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 07/11/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 750
Number of Pupils: 591
Number of Boys: 311
Number of Girls: 280

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.39 Confidence interval -0.67 to -0.11
Of the 85 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 81 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:7%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:91%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:38%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:40.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.31
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Heartsease Primary Academy
Rider Haggard Road , NR7 9UE 		4out of 4 497 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Falcon Junior School
Falcon Road West , Sprowston NR7 8NT 		3out of 4 848 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Cecil Gowing Infant School
Falcon Road West , Sprowston NR7 8NZ 		3out of 4 955 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St William's Primary School
Williams Loke , Thorpe St Andrew NR7 0AJ 		3out of 4 1,297 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Mousehold Infant & Nursery School
Mousehold Avenue , NR3 4RS 		4out of 4 1,397 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Open Academy
Salhouse Road , NR7 9DL 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sprowston Community Academy
Cannerby Lane , Sprowston NR7 8NE 		2out of 4 867 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Sewell Park Academy
St Clement's Hill , NR3 4BX 		2out of 4 2,054 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 2,444 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Jane Austen College
46-48 Colegate , NR3 1DD 		3out of 4 2,785 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School
The Old Fire Station , 30 Bethel Street NR2 1NR 		- not rated 3,271 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
Norwich School
71A The Close , NR1 4DD 		- not rated 2,537 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Norwich University of the Arts
Francis House , 3 - 7 Redwell Street NR2 4SN 		- not rated 2,735 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Hall School
St Faith's Road , Old Catton NR6 7AD 		3out of 4 3,019 yd Foundation special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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