# Fakenham Academy

Fakenham Academy is a secondary school in North Norfolk, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 723 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E139572. [North Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/north-norfolk)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 723
- Council: North Norfolk
- URN: 139572

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 9 October 2024
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 Fakenham Academy was 41.4, against 41.6 in North Norfolk and 46.2 in England.
27.9% 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 | North Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.4 | 41.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27.9% | 35.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55.1% | 59.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 136 | – | – |

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.

- [Duke of Lancaster School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/duke-of-lancaster-school-e148859): 510 m. Special. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Fakenham Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fakenham-junior-school-e146711): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fakenham Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fakenham-infant-and-nursery-school-e146684): 1.5 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023
- [Sculthorpe Church of England Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sculthorpe-church-of-england-primary-academy-e141918): 1.7 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024

## 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/139572)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139572)

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