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Long Stratton High School

Secondary · Norwich · NR15 2XR

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 February 2026 · report published 19 April 2026

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At a glance

679 pupils · 83% of 821 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
19.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.lshs.org.uk
URN
144018

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 109 families named it first for 122 Year 7 places, 0.89 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 10 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

122 places offered · 109 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
50.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
74.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
54.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.6
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.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school50.8
Median of its 12 closest peers45
Norfolk average45.3
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Mary Webb School and Science CollegeShrewsbury · 173 miles awayGood43.5
Ormiston Six Villages AcademyChichester · 140 miles awayGood42.8
Garstang Community AcademyPreston · 192 miles awayRequires improvement44.8
Highworth Warneford SchoolSwindon · 138 miles awayExpected standard46
Castle Donington CollegeDerby · 110 miles awayGood48.2
Ridgewood High SchoolStourbridge · 143 miles awayGood46
King's Academy RingmerLewes · 121 miles awayGood (2019)47.6
Stanchester AcademyStoke-sub-Hamdon · 200 miles awayRequires improvement43.7
Flegg High Ormiston AcademyGreat Yarmouth · 23 miles awayRequires improvement42
Ludlow Church of England SchoolLudlow · 167 miles awayRequires improvement41.9
Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolBury St Edmunds · 27 miles awayExpected standard49.8
Cottingham High SchoolCottingham · 113 miles awayExpected standard45.2

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Norfolk 78%, England 59%) · Not recorded 3% (Norfolk 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%) · other groups together 3%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

37.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Norfolk: 21.34 suspensions and 0.32 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 2.66% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

83% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,788; 11.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,954
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 12% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £9,000; in-year balance +£20,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
86%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.1%62.3%
Social housing25%17.1%
Privately rented12.7%20.5%
Detached houses33.5%22.9%
Flats1.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026940 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,000202 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£213,500–£299,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (82)£300,000
Semi-detached (78)£232,500
Terraced (40)£200,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
10a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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