Sewell Park Academy
St Clement's Hill, Norwich, NR3 4BX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BROAD HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr David Day
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Broad Horizons Education Trust
- Constituency
- Norwich North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 775
- URN
- 142058
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01603411721
About this school
Sewell Park Academy is a secondary academy in Norwich. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 775 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 103 | 131 | 150 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.3 | 38.0 | 39.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.48 -0.76 to -0.19 | -0.43 -0.69 to -0.17 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 29% | 29.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 43.5% | 47.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 14% | 28.2% | 17.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sewell Park Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Norfolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37.3 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38 | 39.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.1 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 716 |
| 2023/24 | 778 |
| 2024/25 | 789 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sewell Park Academy compares
Sewell Park Academy ranked 46th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.1 | 10.3% | 41.4% | 775 | — |
| Jane Austen College | 53.7 | 6.9% | 29.3% | 1,085 | 1.0 miles |
| Sprowston Community Academy | 45 | 11.4% | 22.1% | 1,702 | 1.1 miles |
| The Open Academy | 36.7 | 12.4% | 40% | 529 | 1.2 miles |
| Notre Dame High School, Norwich | 61.3 | 5.5% | 14.3% | 1,613 | 1.7 miles |
| Hellesdon High School | 40.3 | 10.5% | 26.3% | 1,476 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report9 June 2026
- 4 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.44%
- English as an additional language
- 25.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.3%
- Persistent absence
- 24.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Jane Austen College1.0 miles
Secondary · Norwich
-
Sprowston Community Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Norwich
-
The Open Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Norwich
-
Notre Dame High School, Norwich1.7 miles
Secondary · Norwich
-
Hellesdon High School2.0 miles
Secondary · Norwich
Other schools in Norwich
Sewell Park Academy ranks 20th of the 22 ranked secondary schools in Norwich.
- Acle Academy Secondary
- Aylsham High School Secondary
- Broadland High Ormiston Academy Secondary
- City Academy Norwich Secondary
- City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Framingham Earl High School Secondary
- Hellesdon High School Secondary
- Hethersett Academy Secondary
- Hewett Academy Secondary
- Hobart High School Secondary
- Jane Austen College Secondary
- Long Stratton High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sewell Park Academy teach?
- Sewell Park Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Norwich.
- Who is the headteacher of Sewell Park Academy?
- The headteacher of Sewell Park Academy is Mr David Day, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sewell Park Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sewell Park Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Sewell Park Academy?
- Sewell Park Academy has 775 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Sewell Park Academy full?
- Sewell Park Academy has capacity for 750 pupils and 775 on roll (103%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sewell Park Academy a faith school?
- No. Sewell Park Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Sewell Park Academy a selective school?
- No. Sewell Park Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Sewell Park Academy?
- Sewell Park Academy is part of BROAD HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sewell Park Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.3 in 2022/23 and 39.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sewell Park Academy rank locally?
- Sewell Park Academy ranked 46th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sewell Park Academy's absence rate?
- Sewell Park Academy's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sewell Park Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sewell Park Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.