Secondary
The Open Academy
Salhouse Road, Norwich, NR7 9DL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 529 of 750 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 70.2
- Pupils per adult
- 8.2
- Pupils
- 578
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
35%
13 points below the Norwich average (48% across 22 schools)
36.7
10.2 below the Norwich average (46.9 across 22 schools)
19th of 22 by our score, among the secondary schools in Norwich we can score - 27 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 36.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.16 |
| Entered the EBacc | 64% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
| A level average points per entry | 17.21 |
| A level students | 17 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39% |
| 22/23 | 22% |
| 23/24 | 21% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 27.3 |
| 22/23 | 16.7 |
| 23/24 | 15.6 |
| 24/25 | 17.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.28 |
| 22/23 | -0.58 |
| 23/24 | -0.46 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.0 |
| 22/23 | 35.3 |
| 23/24 | 34.9 |
| 24/25 | 36.7 |
Salhouse Road, Norwich, NR7 9DL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Norfolk admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Daniel Bagshaw
- Address
- Salhouse Road, Norwich, NR7 9DL
- Telephone
- 01603481640