Jane Austen College

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address 46-48 Colegate
Norwich
Norfolk
NR3 1DD
Phone 01603463800
Reference Number 140815

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1062
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 41.24%
Girls: 58.76%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 27.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 25%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 72 106 178
8 80 95 175
9 82 96 178
10 86 93 179
11 79 93 172
12 26 83 109
13 13 58 71

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 61.9%
White, Other 9.5%
Unclassified 7.4%
African 3.4%
Indian 3.3%
White & Black (African) 2.3%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
Asian, Other 1.6%
Chinese 1.5%
White & Asian 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.8%
Caribbean 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-06-17
Date Description Report
2024-05-01 School inspection: School inspection:
2022-05-24 School inspection School inspection
2016-10-18 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 63% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 69.1% 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 38.48 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 37.81 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 8.3% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 179 26
Third Preference 89 3
From another Local Authority 6 0

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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