The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)

Type Other schools / Academy converter
Age Range 3-16
Religion Church of England
Address Wilderness Lane
Harleston
Norfolk
IP20 9DD
Phone 01379852561
Reference Number 149197

General Makeup

Number of pupils 837
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.25%
Girls: 48.75%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 19.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 22 46
2 20 19 39
3 28 21 49
4 36 23 59
5 32 23 55
6 29 32 61
7 55 45 100
8 49 53 102
9 47 46 93
10 51 41 92
11 39 53 92

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90.8%
White, Other 3.6%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
African 1%
White & Asian 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
24 Jun 2025 School 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)
42.7

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 29.7%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 59.3%

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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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 59%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 103

Progress Scores

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.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.5
Writing -1
Maths -2.5

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 0 0
Third Preference 0 0
From another Local Authority 2 0

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 0
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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1.77 miles
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3.08 miles
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Harleston Road, Pulham Market, Diss, Norfolk, IP21 4SZ
3.4 miles
Fressingfield Church of England Primary School
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3.67 miles
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Harvey Lane, Dickleburgh, Diss, Norfolk, IP21 4NL
4.57 miles
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