Norton Hill Academy

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Charlton Road
Midsomer Norton
Radstock
Somerset
BA3 4AD
Phone 01761412557
Reference Number 136335

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1827
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.99%
Girls: 51.01%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 161 135 296
8 144 152 296
9 157 142 299
10 145 149 294
11 142 158 300
12 71 102 173
13 75 94 169

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.2%
White, Other 3.5%
White & Asian 1.1%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
African 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-05-19
Date Description Report
2023-03-21 School inspection School inspection
2017-06-28 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-01-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2011-01-07 Interim assessment Interim assessment
Previously as Norton Hill School
2009-04-30 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-11-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-03-31 Full inspection Full inspection
2009-04-30 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-11-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-03-31 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
51.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 57% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 72% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 37.31 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 38.48 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 18.2% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 97 4
Third Preference 26 2
From another Local Authority 66 27

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Norton Hill Primary School
Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, BA3 2UD
0.36 miles
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Charlton Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4BD
0.37 miles
St John's CofE Primary School
Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2JN
0.51 miles
Westfield Primary School
Longfellow Road, Westfield, Radstock, Avon, BA3 3XX
0.51 miles
Midsomer Norton Primary School
High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2DR
0.56 miles
Longvernal Primary School
Clapton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2LP
0.68 miles
Welton Primary School
Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2AG
0.82 miles
St Vigor & St John Church School
Wells Road, Chilcompton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4EX
1.62 miles
St Nicholas Church School
Kilmersdon Road, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3QH
1.68 miles
Kilmersdon Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Kilmersdon, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5TE
1.82 miles
Paulton Infant School
Plumptre Close, Paulton, Bristol, Somerset, BS39 7QY
1.88 miles
Paulton Junior School
Plumptre Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QY
1.94 miles
Trinity Church School
Woodborough Lane, Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 3DE
2.11 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Old Road, Writhlington, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3NG
2.41 miles
Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School
Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TY
2.48 miles
Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School
Farley Dell, Coleford, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5PN
2.67 miles
High Littleton CofE VC Primary School
Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HF
3.1 miles
Peasedown St John Primary School
Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Somerset, BA2 8DH
3.27 miles
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Lansdown View, Timsbury, Bath, Somerset, BA2 0JR
3.46 miles
Shoscombe Church School
St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, Bath, Somerset, BA2 8NB
3.6 miles
Name Distance
Somervale Secondary School
Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2JD
0.32 miles
Fosse Way School
Longfellow Road, Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 3AL
0.53 miles
Writhlington School
Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3NQ
2.19 miles
Somerset Studio School
Knobsbury Lane, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3NQ
2.19 miles
Newbury Manor School
Newbury Manor, Newbury, Near Mells, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3RG
2.77 miles
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