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Norlington School and 6th Form

Secondary · London · E10 6JZ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 30 November 2023

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At a glance

895 pupils · 100% of 860 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31% of pupils
English as additional language
30.7% of pupils
SEN support
8% of pupils
EHC plan
3% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.norlington.net/
URN
143385

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

153 places offered · 126 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The school offered a place to every applicant in recent years. Distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

152 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
48.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
69.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
52%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
34.3
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,550
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
95%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
56%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
15%
Any sustained destination
74%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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