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Schools in the Norfolk local authority

Norfolk has 464 schools listed on OfferDay across 42 towns.

3 nursery schools · 344 primary schools · 51 secondary schools · 2 all-through schools · 4 sixth forms and colleges · 40 special and alternative provision schools · 14 independent schools · 6 other establishments

About schools in Norfolk

Norfolk lists 464 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 51 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has two all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
56%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 282 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
45.3
average Attainment 8 score, across the 63 schools with published results

Top schools in Norfolk

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy 96%
  2. 2 All Saints Academy 93%
  3. 3 Blenheim Park Academy 90%
  4. 4 Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, Wymondham 89%
  5. 5 Surlingham Primary School 89%
  6. 6 Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 88%
  7. 7 Stradbroke Primary Academy 87%
  8. 8 The Bawburgh School 86%

Secondary

  1. 1 Notre Dame High School, Norwich 61.3
  2. 2 Hethersett Academy 59.0
  3. 3 Wymondham College 56.4
  4. 4 Jane Austen College 53.7
  5. 5 Wymondham High Academy 52.6
  6. 6 Wayland Academy 52.0
  7. 7 Long Stratton High School 50.8
  8. 8 Framingham Earl High School 50.6

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Norfolk.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Norfolk

How many schools does Norfolk have?
OfferDay lists 464 schools in Norfolk, including 344 primary schools and 51 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Norfolk?
Every school in Norfolk is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Norfolk ranked?
OfferDay ranks schools in Norfolk where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
How many towns are in the Norfolk local authority?
OfferDay groups the Norfolk schools across 42 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.