Secondary
Sprowston Community Academy
Cannerby Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1702 of 1767 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BROAD HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 101.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 146.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.3
- Pupils
- 1,655
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 May 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formRequires improvement
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)GCSE results
45%
3 points below the Norwich average (48% across 22 schools)
45.0
1.9 below the Norwich average (46.9 across 22 schools)
17th 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 | 45 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 |
| Entered the EBacc | 15% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% |
| A level average points per entry | 26.67 |
| A level students | 63 |
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 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 45% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.8 |
| 22/23 | 25.0 |
| 23/24 | 22.8 |
| 24/25 | 26.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.40 |
| 22/23 | -0.32 |
| 23/24 | -0.39 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.5 |
| 22/23 | 41.8 |
| 23/24 | 41.7 |
| 24/25 | 45.0 |
Cannerby Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NE
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.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Liz Wood
- Address
- Cannerby Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NE
- Telephone
- 01603485266