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Stalham High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Brumstead Road, Stalham, Norwich NR12 9DG · stalhamhigh.co.uk · 01692 580281
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Norfolk 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 492
- 75% of 654 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37.1%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 88 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 88 | 83 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 95 | 95 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 97 | 97 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 100 | 96 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 98 | 97 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.5, and 39.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Norfolk it was 45.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼53.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲55.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.68 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 14.1 | +9 |
| Sixth form college | 20.7 | +0.4 |
| Further education | 45.7 | −10 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3 | +1.8 |
| Employment | 2.2 | −4.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.7 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
Stalham High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, May 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121155), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121155)
What parents said
55% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 55%
- Replies
- 64
- 13% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 70% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (47%) with SEND