Acle Academy
Academy converter · 709 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hobart High School (URN 121153, until 1 February 2013).
Hobart High School has no sixth form. Of the 116 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 29% moved to a sixth form college, 35% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 55% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.1 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Norfolk, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Hobart High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Norfolk and England.
| Measure | Hobart High School | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 116 | 8,553 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 19% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 29% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 35% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Measure | Hobart High School | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.1 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.07 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.7 | 34.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.4 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 130 | 100% | 89% | 24% | 20% | 73% |
| English Literature | 130 | 100% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 129 | 99% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 100 | 77% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 63% |
| Geography | 86 | 66% | 41% | 37% | 25% | 79% |
| Business Studies | 72 | 55% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 53% |
| History | 69 | 53% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 61% |
| Physical Education | 41 | 32% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 80% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 28% | 11% | 8% | 23% | 65% |
| Spanish | 33 | 25% | 19% | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 22% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 75% |
| Physics | 28 | 22% | 23% | 18% | 46% | 75% |
| Biology | 28 | 22% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 79% |
| Drama | 20 | 15% | 7% | 10% | 27% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 20 | 15% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 40% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 15% | 9% | 11% | 28% | 74% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 19 | 15% | 8% | 16% | 21% | 53% |
| German | 15 | 12% | 5% | 20% | 33% | 60% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 11% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 29% |
| Music | 6 | 5% | 5% | 17% | 33% | 67% |
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.