Secondary
Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form
Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0XS
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1830 of 1892 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BROAD HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 104.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 136.9
- Pupils per adult
- 13.2
- Pupils
- 1,804
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 April 2025
- 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
July 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
50%
2 points above the Norwich average (48% across 22 schools)
49.2
2.3 above the Norwich average (46.9 across 22 schools)
6th 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 | 49.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.51 |
| Entered the EBacc | 48% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.31 |
| A level students | 110 |
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 | 52% |
| 22/23 | 56% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.4 |
| 22/23 | 37.4 |
| 23/24 | 32.9 |
| 24/25 | 34.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.03 |
| 22/23 | +0.26 |
| 23/24 | +0.14 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.1 |
| 22/23 | 52.4 |
| 23/24 | 49.4 |
| 24/25 | 49.2 |
Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0XS
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
- Penny Bignell
- Address
- Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0XS
- Telephone
- 01603497711