Hobart High School

Hobart High School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all inspected areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school fosters an inclusive atmosphere where pupils feel safe and valued, and the community spirit is enhanced by student leadership initiatives. High expectations from school leaders are apparent, contributing to positive behaviour and orderly lessons, though some challenges remain in areas such as curriculum clarity and managing repeat suspensions among vulnerable pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at school.
• The school has a strong sense of community and inclusivity.
• The personal, social and health education (PSHE) programme is excellent.
• Most lessons are calm and orderly.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well supported.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum aims for some key stage 3 subjects are unclear.
• High rates of repeat suspensions among vulnerable pupils.
• Coordination of intervention strategies for vulnerable pupils and those with SEND needs improvement.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hobart High School attended 91.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 9.0% of pupils at Hobart High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hobart High School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.2% of pupils at Hobart High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hobart High School received £7,362 and spent £7,775 for each of its 697 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £743,000 (£1,065 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Clarion Corvus Trust, income was £7,930 and spending £8,050 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Norwich · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Hobart High School is part of Clarion Corvus Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Thurlton Primary School Norwich
• Lionwood Infant and Nursery School Norwich
• Lionwood Junior School Norwich
• Mousehold Infant & Nursery School Norwich
• George White Junior School Norwich
• Manor Field Infant and Nursery School Norwich
• Pakefield High School Lowestoft
• Aslacton Primary School Norwich
• Drayton Community Infant School Norwich
• Nightingale Infant & Nursery School Norwich

What is Hobart High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hobart High School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Hobart High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hobart High School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Hobart High School have?

Hobart High School has 673 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hobart High School cover?

Hobart High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Hobart High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.3, and 47% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hobart High School?

Hobart High School is at Kittens Lane, Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6JU.