# The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)

The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) is a all-through school in South Norfolk, for pupils aged 3 to 16.

It had 824 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

All-through school. Code E149197. [South Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk)

- Phase: All-through
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 16
- Pupils: 824
- Council: South Norfolk
- URN: 149197

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 24 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- 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 2024/25, 59% of pupils at The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) was 45.9, against 49.7 in South Norfolk and 46.2 in England.
39.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 103 | 105 |

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

| Measure | This school | South Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.9 | 49.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39.8% | 53.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73.9% | 72.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 88 | – | – |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
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.

## 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/149197)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149197)

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