Stalham High School

Stalham High School is demonstrating good overall effectiveness, maintaining a strong community atmosphere where pupils exhibit confidence and articulate their thoughts well. The leadership has implemented significant improvements in the curriculum since the last inspection, positively affecting pupil engagement and outcomes. Despite achieving good grades across various domains, the school recognizes a need to improve attendance rates and specific subject curriculums to further enhance student achievements.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community within the school
• High expectations for pupil conduct and achievement
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Skilful and impactful teaching by subject specialists
• Well-resourced and utilized school library
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff
• Robust careers programme and extracurricular activities

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not achieve as highly as they could due to undeveloped curriculums in certain subjects
• Not all pupils attend school regularly enough

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 Stalham High School attended 89.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.6% 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, 6.2% of pupils at Stalham High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Stalham High School had 15.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.6% 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, 20.3% of pupils at Stalham High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 7.5% 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 Stalham High School received £8,530 and spent £8,652 for each of its 484 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £134,000 (-£277 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Synergy Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,470 and spending £7,697 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 (North Norfolk) · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Stalham High School is part of Synergy Multi Academy Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Antingham and Southrepps Primary School Norwich
• Cromer Junior School Cromer
• Gresham Village School and Nursery Norwich
• Corpusty Primary School Norwich
• Reepham Primary School Norwich
• Reepham High School and College Norwich
• Sheringham High School Sheringham
• Astley Primary School Melton Constable
• Bawdeswell Community Primary School Dereham
• Foulsham Primary School Academy Dereham

What is Stalham High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stalham High School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Stalham High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stalham High School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Stalham High School have?

Stalham High School has 492 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stalham High School cover?

Stalham High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Stalham High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 40.5, and 39% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Stalham High School?

Stalham High School is at Brumstead Road, Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 9DG.