City Academy Norwich
About the school
City Academy Norwich is an open secondary school in Norfolk.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 18 June 2024
- Published
- 8 July 2024
- Inspection type
- Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 35.2
- Norfolk
- 45.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Norfolk
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 29.60%
- Norfolk
- 44.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 47.40%
- Norfolk
- 65.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 8.10%
- Norfolk
- 43.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.91
- Norfolk
- 4.05
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
682
Girls
51.61%
Boys
48.39%
SEN support
26.10%
Education, health and care plan
5.72%
English as an additional language
22.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
53.67%
Overall absence
11.69
Persistent absence
28.44
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
123
Sustained education or employment
87%
Education
82%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
7%