Contested schools in Norfolk

These are the Norfolk schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Norfolk

Secondary schools (28)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Norfolk, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Ormiston Venture Academy	168	250	1.49
Notre Dame High School, Norwich	205	265	1.29
Wymondham College	139	174	1.25
St Clement's High School	130	149	1.15
Marshland High School	153	174	1.14
Lynn Grove Academy	220	243	1.10
Broadland High Ormiston Academy	150	164	1.09
Springwood High School	271	296	1.09
Acle Academy	134	144	1.07
Aylsham High School	229	245	1.07
Framingham Earl High School	167	177	1.06
Hethersett Academy	279	293	1.05
Wymondham High Academy	267	280	1.05
City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy	269	278	1.03
Dereham Neatherd High School	218	225	1.03
Wayland Academy	137	140	1.02
Ormiston Victory Academy	284	287	1.01
Taverham High School	211	211	1
Alderman Peel High School	96	95	0.99
King's Lynn Academy	193	191	0.99
Attleborough Academy	148	144	0.97
The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)	29	28	0.97
Sewell Park Academy	134	128	0.96
Caister Academy	146	139	0.95
The Open Academy	96	91	0.95
Northgate High School	171	161	0.94
Jane Austen College	179	165	0.92
Downham Market Academy	193	175	0.91

Primary schools (101)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Norfolk, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Rollesby Primary School	10	16	—
Rackheath Primary School	29	46	1.59
Ingoldisthorpe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	14	21	1.50
Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, Wymondham	56	82	1.46
Wymondham College Prep School	59	85	1.44
Great Ellingham Primary School	23	32	1.39
Roydon Primary School	29	40	1.38
Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School	14	19	—
St Michael's Church of England Academy	29	38	1.31
Emneth Academy	27	35	1.30
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School	59	76	1.29
Swaffham CofE Primary Academy	28	36	1.29
Worstead Church of England Primary School	15	19	—
Cringleford CE VA Primary School	55	69	1.25
Hempnall Primary School	20	25	1.25
Neatishead Church of England Primary School	8	10	—
Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School	29	36	1.24
Mile Cross Primary School	60	74	1.23
West Walton Community Primary School	30	37	1.23
Filby Primary School	14	17	—
Silfield Oak Primary Academy	28	34	1.21
Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	20	24	1.20
Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School	15	18	—
Browick Road Primary and Nursery School	30	36	1.20
North Wootton Academy	45	54	1.20
St William's Primary School	59	70	1.19
Clenchwarton Primary School	30	35	1.17
Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary Academy	12	14	—
Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, Feltwell	19	22	1.16
Drake Primary School	59	68	1.15
Caister Infant With Nursery School	60	68	1.13
Langham Village School	15	17	—
Reepham Primary School	30	34	1.13
Thurton Primary School	15	17	—
Alburgh With Denton Church of England Primary Academy	17	19	—
Little Melton Primary School	17	19	—
Dussindale Primary School	46	51	1.11
Ormiston Herman Academy	54	60	1.11
Cecil Gowing Infant School	59	65	1.10
St Germans Academy	10	11	—
West Earlham Infant and Nursery School	59	65	1.10
Lodge Lane Infant School	56	61	1.09
Recreation Road Infant School	90	98	1.09
West Winch Primary School	35	38	1.09
Blofield Primary School	29	31	1.07
Heather Avenue Infant School	27	29	1.07
Homefield VC CofE Primary School	30	32	1.07
Mundford Church of England Primary Academy	29	31	1.07
Parker's Church of England Primary Academy	14	15	—
Redcastle Family School	28	30	1.07
Swanton Abbott Community Primary School	14	15	—
South Wootton Infant School	42	44	1.05
Hillside Primary School	24	25	1.04
Ormesby Village Infant School	28	29	1.04
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy	29	30	1.03
Charles Darwin Primary School	58	59	1.02
Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School	56	57	1.02
Mulbarton Primary School	51	52	1.02
Terrington St Clement Community School	44	45	1.02
Burnham Market Primary and Nursery School	11	11	—
Buxton Primary School	24	24	1
Cobholm Primary Academy	23	23	1
Colby Primary School	16	16	—
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School	19	19	—
St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery	56	56	1
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery	29	29	1
St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth	26	26	1
Stalham Infant School and Nursery	19	19	—
Suffield Park Infant and Nursery School, Cromer	38	38	1
Trowse Primary School	30	30	1
Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School	57	56	0.98
Greenpark Academy	55	54	0.98
Fakenham Infant and Nursery School	35	34	0.97
Coltishall Primary School	24	23	0.96
Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery	27	26	0.96
Necton VA Primary School	25	24	0.96
Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School	55	53	0.96
Brundall Primary School	20	19	—
Hopton Church of England Primary Academy	21	20	0.95
Queen's Hill Primary School	59	56	0.95
Kinsale Infant School	36	34	0.94
Lionwood Infant and Nursery School	47	44	0.94
Magdalen Gates Primary School	28	26	0.93
Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School	15	14	—
St. Clements Hill Primary Academy	27	25	0.93
Weeting Church of England Primary School	14	13	—
Wreningham VC Primary School	15	14	—
All Saints Academy	12	11	—
Rosecroft Primary School	57	52	0.91
Sporle Church of England Primary Academy	11	10	—
Northgate Primary School	46	41	0.89
Pulham Church of England Primary Academy	9	8	—
Stradbroke Primary Academy	19	17	—
Whitefriars Church of England Primary Academy	38	34	0.89
Kenninghall Primary School	8	7	—
Mattishall Primary School	25	22	0.88
Upwell Academy	26	23	0.88
Eastgate Academy	26	22	0.85
White House Farm	57	46	0.81
Barford Primary School	5	4	—
Spooner Row Primary School	15	8	—

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.