Overall Oxbridge
#735
13 ranked schools · +179 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
148
Offers
34
Offer rate23.0%
+0.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Founded around Norwich Cathedral in 1096 under Bishop Herbert de Losinga, Norwich grew along the River Wensum to become, by the close of the medieval period, the most populous and prosperous English town after London. The city remains Norfolk's county town.
Around 144,000 people live within the local authority boundary today, and the wider school catchment stretches across a broad arc of the county: Holt, a Georgian market town some twenty miles to the north, is among the most sought-after postcodes for primary catchments in Norfolk, while Alpington and the southern villages draw families targeting smaller state schools on the rural fringe. Sprowston and the wards of Norwich City Centre extend the competitive belt for secondary places through the city's inner residential ring. Norwich Station serves London Liverpool Street via Greater Anglia, and cross-county services reach Cambridge, Peterborough, and the Norfolk Broads.
145
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schools
22
Secondary
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4
All-through
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2
Post-16
colleges
16
Special
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4
Other
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Area Performance
Across 163 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.35/10, -0.07 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Norwich schools
Norwich vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Norwich schools
top 61% of 14,978
top 61% of 14,978
top 51% of 3,862
top 51% of 3,862
top 48% of 2,555
top 48% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
13 ranked schools · +179 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
148
Offers
34
Oxford
7 ranked schools · -33 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
54
Offers
3
Cambridge
13 ranked schools · +84 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
94
Offers
31
2026
Norwich
2026
Norwich
2026
Norwich
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