Cromer Academy

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Norwich Road
Cromer
Norfolk
NR27 0EX
Phone 01263511433
Reference Number 137431

General Makeup

Number of pupils 667
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.58%
Girls: 51.42%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 24.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 65 53 118
8 71 72 143
9 58 81 139
10 63 75 138
11 67 62 129

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90.6%
White, Other 4%
Unclassified 1.5%
White & Asian 1%
Indian 1%
Chinese 0.4%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Irish 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-07-17
Date Description Report
2023-05-23 School inspection School inspection
2016-12-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-06-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Cromer High School and Language College
2010-05-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-09-24 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2009-01-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-03-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-05-08 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-05-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-09-24 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2009-01-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-03-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-05-08 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)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 53.5% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 64.3% 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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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 24 3
Third Preference 8 1
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Name Distance
Cromer Junior School
Norwich Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0EX
0.09 miles
Suffield Park Infant and Nursery School, Cromer
Mill Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0AD
0.14 miles
Overstrand, the Belfry, Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
23 Cromer Road, Overstrand, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0NT
1.35 miles
Northrepps Primary School
Church Street, Northrepps, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0LG
1.87 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy
Chapel Road, Roughton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 8AF
2.62 miles
Beeston Hall School
West Runton, Cromer, NR27 9NQ
3.09 miles
Gresham Village School
Cromer Road, Gresham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 8RF
3.61 miles
Sheringham Community Primary School
Cooper Road, Off Holway Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8UH
4.38 miles
Antingham and Southrepps Primary School
Lower Street, Southrepps, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 8UG
4.48 miles
Aldborough Primary School
Alby Hill, Aldborough, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 7PH
4.72 miles
Name Distance
Sidestrand Hall School
Cromer Road, Sidestrand, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0NH
2.45 miles
St Andrew's School
Aylmerton Hall, Holt Road, Aylmerton, Cromer, Norfolk, NR11 8QA
3.23 miles
Sheringham Woodfields School
Holt Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8ND
4.46 miles
Sheringham High School
Holt Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8ND
4.51 miles
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