# City Academy Norwich

City Academy Norwich is a secondary school in Norwich, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 674 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E135904. [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 674
- Council: Norwich
- URN: 135904

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 18 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Requires improvement
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at City Academy Norwich was 36.2, against 45.1 in Norwich and 46.2 in England.
25.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Norwich | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 36.2 | 45.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25.2% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48.7% | 62.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 119 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Bluebell Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bluebell-primary-school-e147940): 480 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [West Earlham Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-earlham-infant-and-nursery-school-e120954): 560 m. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024
- [West Earlham Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-earlham-junior-school-e120958): 560 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Henderson Green Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/henderson-green-primary-academy-e142634): 970 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Earlham Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/earlham-nursery-school-e120767): 980 m. Nursery. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- [Norwich Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norwich-primary-academy-e139929): 1.1 km. Primary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/135904)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/135904)

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