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Secondary school in Norwich, Norfolk

Taverham High School

Beech Avenue, Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 6HP

Ofsted Good · 2023 Sixth form Full
School website 01603860505

Ofsted

Goodas at 16 May 2023

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 May 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

49 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

53% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

75% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.3 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

23% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.05confidence interval -0.14 to 0.25

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
32.5

England average 32.3

A level students
76

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1254
Places
1249
How full
Full — 1254 pupils against 1249 places
Girls / boys
611 / 643
Overall absence
8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
19%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
16%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
7%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
11%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
94%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
84%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
52%
No sustained destination
4%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
212

After sixth form

Went to university
48%

England 50%

In education, work or training
78%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
5%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
60

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

13% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
56%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
61

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Broadland 006E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
25%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
17%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
78%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
8%

England 17%

Households with no car
10%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
43%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
ENRICH LEARNING TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Gareth Yassin
Local authority
Norfolk
Ward
Taverham South
Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham
URN
139487

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Ormiston Victory AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 45.3 2.7 mi
Hellesdon High SchoolAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 40.3 3.4 mi
Red Balloon - NorwichOther independent school No grade 4.4 mi
Include School NorfolkOther independent school No grade 4.4 mi
City Academy NorwichAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 35.2 4.8 mi
Sewell Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 39.1 5.4 mi
Jane Austen CollegeFree schools Outstanding 2024 53.7 5.8 mi
Reepham High School and CollegeAcademy converter No grade 45.5 6 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
St James' Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 51.1
Kings' SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 57.8
St Bede's Catholic High School, LythamVoluntary aided school No grade 48.3
Chilwell SchoolFoundation school Good 2024 50.2
Hartismere SchoolAcademy converter No grade 53
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter Good 2023 53.5
The Costello SchoolAcademy converter No grade 47.3
Alleyne's AcademyAcademy converter No grade 47.7

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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