Long Stratton High School

Long Stratton High School is performing at a strong standard, demonstrating exceptional teaching and a highly effective curriculum that supports student achievement. Leaders possess a clear understanding of the school's strengths and areas for improvement, fostering an environment where pupils feel safe and cared for. The school benefits from a positive culture of safeguarding, and students largely attend regularly and exhibit good behavior, contributing to a productive learning atmosphere. With a focus on reducing attendance barriers, the school continues to work on ensuring all pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, attend consistently.

Strengths

• Strong academic achievement, typically above national averages.
• Highly ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
• Effective professional development for teachers leading to improved teaching practices.
• Positive school culture promoting kindness, integrity, and respect.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Ongoing need to improve attendance rates, especially for disadvantaged pupils.

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 Long Stratton High School attended 90.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.0% 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, 11.5% of pupils at Long Stratton 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 Long Stratton High School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.2% 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, 17.8% of pupils at Long Stratton High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.4% 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 Long Stratton High School received £7,030 and spent £7,364 for each of its 716 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £44,000 (£61 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Enrich Learning Trust, income was £7,395 and spending £7,499 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

Long Stratton High School is part of Enrich Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Spooner Row Primary School Wymondham
• Wymondham High Academy Wymondham
• Diss High School Diss
• Kenninghall Primary School
• Taverham High School Norwich
• Dereham Neatherd High School Dereham
• Millfield Primary School North Walsham
• North Walsham High School North Walsham

What is Long Stratton High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Long Stratton High School is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Long Stratton High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Long Stratton High School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Long Stratton High School have?

Long Stratton High School has 679 pupils on roll.

What age range does Long Stratton High School cover?

Long Stratton High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Long Stratton High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.5, and 53% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Long Stratton High School?

Long Stratton High School is at Manor Road, Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR15 2XR.