Hewett Academy

Hewett Academy demonstrates a good overall performance with notable strengths in personal development, reflecting a positive and supportive school environment. Pupils enjoy their time at the school, feel safe, and take pride in their collective successes, which highlights a strong sense of community and respect. Programs aimed at personal, social, and health education are significantly well-developed, preparing pupils to navigate complex social issues and encouraging them to be responsible citizens. The school has a clear curriculum structure that supports pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), fostering both academic and personal growth.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a strong sense of community and support.
• The school has an ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
• High-quality support for pupils with SEND.
• Effective reading support leading to confident and fluent readers.
• Outstanding personal development programs enriching pupils' understanding of diversity.
• A wide range of extracurricular activities that engage pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teachers' identification of pupils' misconceptions and knowledge gaps.

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 Hewett Academy attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 14.9% 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, 7.2% of pupils at Hewett Academy 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 Hewett Academy had 15.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.5% 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, 24.7% of pupils at Hewett Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.3% 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 Hewett Academy received £9,155 and spent £11,542 for each of its 489 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £198,000 (£405 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Inspiration Trust, income was £8,318 and spending £8,382 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

Hewett Academy is part of Inspiration Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School Norwich
• Charles Darwin Primary School Norwich
• Jane Austen College Norwich
• Norwich Primary Academy Norwich
• Cringleford Prep Cringleford
• Hethersett Academy Norwich
• Cobholm Primary Academy Great Yarmouth
• Stradbroke Primary Academy Great Yarmouth
• Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery Great Yarmouth
• Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Great Yarmouth

What is Hewett Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hewett Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Hewett Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hewett Academy was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Hewett Academy have?

Hewett Academy has 543 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hewett Academy cover?

Hewett Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Hewett Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.1, and 50% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hewett Academy?

Hewett Academy is at Cecil Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2PL.