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Norlington School and 6th Form[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
62.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.34 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.6[6] 52%[6]
2023/24 52.2[4] 59.3%[4] +0.34[4]
2022/23 52[7] 64%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 52[8] 59%[8] -0.01[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
21.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 18.2%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 13%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 20.7%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 11.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
44% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
36% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
15% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[15] 39%[15] 39%[15] 12%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 33%[16] 49%[16] 14%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 37%[17] 34%[17] 24%[17] 0%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 35%[18] 49%[18] 7%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
74% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
56% 2022/23[19]
Education
59% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 71%[20] 57%[20] 63%[20] 0%[20] 9%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 61%[21] 72%[21] 11%[21] 0%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 53%[22] 76%[22] 0%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 32%[23] 68%[23] 0%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
26% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
35% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 94%[26] 50%[26]
2019/20 76%[25] 41%[25] 35%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 76%[27] 20%[27] 20%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 94%[28] 24%[28] 24%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
29 Nov 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
7 Feb 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
12 Sep 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
248 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
126 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
153 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 252[31] 133[31] 150[31] 1.7[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 234[31] 121[31] 151[31] 1.5[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023 292[31] 155[31] 154[31] 1.9[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 251[31] 101[31] 144[31] 1.7[31] 0.7[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
860[1]
Trust
THE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
https://www.norlington.net/[1]
District
Waltham Forest[32]
Postcode
E10 6JZ[1]
URN
143385[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
902 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
30.7% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
8% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
10.9%[34]
Mixed
5.7%[34]
Asian
68.9%[34]
Black
9.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.1%[34]
Unclassified
1%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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