The Open Academy

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Salhouse Road
 Norwich
 Norfolk NR7 9DL
Telephone: 01603 481640
Previous Name: n/a

School Type

Phase: Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 11-19)
Type: Sponsor-Led Academy
Religious Denomination: Church of England
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2008
History: This school arose from Heartsease High School
Trust: The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust
Sponsor: The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust

Staff and Pupils

Principal: Mr Jon Ford (since September 2018)
Previous Headteacher: Betsy Fowler
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 41.4 / 10.9
Non-teaching Staff*: 22.8
Number of pupils: 601
Pupils Per Teacher: 14.5
Sex: Mixed (52% boys / 48% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 35.00% (medium)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 23.9%
Local child deprivation rate: 15.1% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 18.4%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 23.7%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 6.1km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Authority: Norfolk
Constituency: Norwich North
Electoral Ward: Crome
School Number: 9266905

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 29th March 2023 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Heartsease Primary Academy (0.6km) show on map
  2. Falcon Junior School (0.6km) show on map
  3. Cecil Gowing Infant School (0.7km) show on map
  4. Sprowston Community Academy (0.7km) show on map
  5. St William's Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  6. Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery (1.3km) show on map
  7. Sprowston Junior School (1.3km) show on map
  8. Sprowston Infant School (1.3km) show on map
  9. Mousehold Infant & Nursery School (1.5km) show on map
  10. St. Clements Hill Primary Academy (1.6km) show on map
  11. Lionwood Junior School (1.6km) show on map
  12. George White Junior School (1.7km) show on map
  13. White House Farm (1.8km) show on map
  14. Sewell Park Academy (2.0km) show on map
  15. Lionwood Infant and Nursery School (2.1km) show on map
  16. Magdalen Gates Primary School and Nursery (2.2km) show on map
  17. Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form (2.2km) show on map
  18. Angel Road Infant School (2.4km) show on map
  19. Angel Road Junior School (2.4km) show on map
  20. Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe (2.4km) show on map
  21. Old Catton CofE VC Junior School (2.5km) show on map
  22. Norwich School (2.5km) show on map
  23. Charles Darwin Primary School (2.6km) show on map
  24. White Woman Lane Junior School (2.6km) show on map
  25. Hall School (2.7km) show on map
  26. Jane Austen College (2.7km) show on map
  27. Garrick Green Infant School (2.8km) show on map
  28. Dussindale Primary School (2.8km) show on map
  29. Lodge Lane Infant School (3.0km) show on map
  30. Catton Grove Primary School (3.2km) show on map
  31. Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School (3.3km) show on map
  32. Notre Dame High School, Norwich (3.3km) show on map
  33. The Free School Norwich (3.3km) show on map
  34. Notre Dame Preparatory School (Norwich) Limited (3.6km) show on map
  35. Bignold Primary School and Nursery (3.6km) show on map
  36. Mile Cross Primary School (3.6km) show on map
  37. Include School Norfolk (3.7km) show on map
  38. Norwich Steiner School (3.8km) show on map
  39. Nelson Infant School (3.8km) show on map
  40. Red Balloon - Norwich (3.9km) show on map
  41. Lakenham Primary School (3.9km) show on map
  42. Rackheath Primary School (3.9km) show on map
  43. Heather Avenue Infant School (4.0km) show on map
  44. Wensum Junior School (4.1km) show on map
  45. Norwich City College of Further and Higher Ed... (4.2km) show on map
  46. Trowse Primary School (4.2km) show on map
  47. Town Close Co-Educational Preparatory School (4.3km) show on map
  48. Avenue Junior School (4.3km) show on map
  49. The Parkside School, Norwich (4.4km) show on map
  50. Recreation Road Infant School (4.4km) show on map
  51. Hewett Academy (4.4km) show on map
  52. The Wherry School (4.6km) show on map
  53. Firside Junior School (4.6km) show on map
  54. Harford Manor School, Norwich (4.6km) show on map
  55. Norwich High School for Girls (4.6km) show on map
  56. Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery (4.7km) show on map
  57. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  58. Kinsale Infant School (4.9km) show on map
  59. Kinsale Junior School (4.9km) show on map
  60. Spixworth Infant School (5.0km) show on map
  61. Colman Infant School (5.0km) show on map
  62. Woodland View Junior School (5.1km) show on map
  63. Hellesdon High School (5.1km) show on map
  64. Visiting Teacher Service Central (5.1km) show on map
  65. Tuckswood Academy and Nursery (5.1km) show on map
  66. City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy (5.2km) show on map
  67. Colman Junior School (5.2km) show on map
  68. The Clare School (5.2km) show on map
  69. Henderson Green Primary School (5.3km) show on map
  70. Little Plumstead Church of England Primary Academy (5.5km) show on map
  71. Arden Grove Infant and Nursery School (5.5km) show on map
  72. Earlham Nursery School (5.6km) show on map
  73. Norwich Primary Academy (5.6km) show on map
  74. Bluebell Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  75. City Academy Norwich (5.8km) show on map
  76. Eaton Hall Specialist Academy (5.8km) show on map
  77. Valley Primary Academy (5.9km) show on map
  78. Future Education (5.9km) show on map
  79. West Earlham Infant and Nursery School (6.0km) show on map
  80. West Earlham Junior School (6.0km) show on map
  81. Eaton Primary School (6.0km) show on map
  82. University Technical College Norfolk (6.1km) show on map
  83. St Faiths CofE Primary School (6.3km) show on map
  84. Banks House School (6.3km) show on map
  85. Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery School (6.7km) show on map
  86. Salhouse CofE Primary School (6.8km) show on map
  87. Frettenham Primary School (7.0km) show on map
  88. Surlingham Primary School (7.2km) show on map
  89. Framingham Earl High School (7.3km) show on map
  90. Costessey Primary School (7.4km) show on map
  91. Ormiston Victory Academy (7.6km) show on map
  92. St Michael's VA Junior School (7.6km) show on map
  93. Cringleford CE VA Primary School (7.7km) show on map
  94. Hemblington Primary School (7.8km) show on map
  95. Chapel Break Infant School (7.9km) show on map
  96. Drayton CofE Junior School (7.9km) show on map
  97. Brundall Primary School (8.0km) show on map
  98. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey (8.1km) show on map
  99. Blofield Primary School (8.2km) show on map
  100. Drayton Community Infant School (8.4km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Same Trust
Same Sponsor
Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Sirius Academy West, Hull
  2. Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School, Birmingham
  3. Harefield School, Uxbridge
  4. Holmleigh Park High School, Gloucester
  5. Sarum Academy, Salisbury
  6. Brompton Academy, Gillingham
  7. Lipson Co-operative Academy, Plymouth
  8. Finham Park 2, Coventry
  9. Morecambe Bay Academy
  10. Trinity Academy, Bristol
  11. The Adeyfield Academy, Hemel Hempstead
  12. St Cuthbert Mayne School, Torquay
  13. Marriotts School, Stevenage
  14. Charnwood College, Loughborough
  15. Ormiston Sudbury Academy
  16. Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes
  17. St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover
  18. Nether Stowe School, Lichfield
  19. All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
  20. The Priory City of Lincoln Academy
  21. The Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs
  22. Bristol Brunel Academy
  23. Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
  24. The Bourne Academy, Bournemouth
  25. Future Academies Watford
  26. Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough
  27. Gospel Oak School, Tipton
  28. Ormiston Forge Academy, Cradley Heath
  29. Laureate Academy, Hemel Hempstead
  30. Hylands School, Chelmsford
  31. Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School, Croydon
  32. Lincoln Castle Academy
  33. Ash Green School, Coventry
  34. John Henry Newman Catholic College, Birmingham
  35. Thamesview School, Gravesend
  36. Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
  37. Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough
  38. Stoke Damerel Community College, Plymouth
  39. The Robert Napier School, Gillingham
  40. Birchwood Community High School, Warrington
  41. Turner Free School, Folkestone
  42. The Holgate Academy, Nottingham
  43. Laurus Ryecroft, Manchester
  44. The Astley Cooper School, Hemel Hempstead
  45. Oasis Academy Immingham
  46. Outwood Academy Adwick, Doncaster
  47. Spires Academy, Canterbury
  48. The King's Academy, Middlesbrough
  49. Madeley Academy, Telford
  50. Ormiston Park Academy, South Ockendon
  51. St John Plessington Catholic College, Wirral
  52. Haywood Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
  53. Fearnhill School, Letchworth
  54. University Academy Holbeach, Spalding
  55. St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Dewsbury
  56. Sir John Hunt Community Sports College, Plymouth
  57. Cowley International College, St Helens
  58. Haberdashers' Abraham Darby, Telford
  59. Sutton Community Academy, Sutton-in-Ashfield
  60. Grace College, Gateshead
  61. The Radcliffe School, Milton Keynes
  62. Oasis Academy Brislington, Bristol
  63. Pyrland School, Taunton
  64. Beckfoot Thornton, Bradford
  65. Harton Academy, South Shields
  66. Baxter College, Kidderminster
  67. Cleeve Park School, Sidcup
  68. Bishop Challoner Catholic College, Birmingham
  69. Blaise High School, Bristol
  70. Stafford Manor High School
  71. The Sutton Academy, St Helens
  72. Bitterne Park School, Southampton
  73. The Grange School, Christchurch
  74. Winterstoke Hundred Academy, Weston-Super-Mare
  75. Colmers School and Sixth Form College, Birmingham
  76. Barnwell School, Stevenage
  77. Queen's Park High School, Chester
  78. Haberdashers' Borough Academy, London
  79. Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy, Walsall
  80. Henley Bank High School, Gloucester
  81. Longbenton High School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  82. Magnus Church of England Academy, Newark
  83. Maltby Academy, Rotherham
  84. Derby Cathedral School
  85. Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol
  86. Stone Lodge School, Dartford
  87. Ralph Thoresby School, Leeds
  88. Shoeburyness High School, Southend-on-Sea
  89. Highfields School, Wolverhampton
  90. Folkestone Academy
  91. Orchards Academy, Swanley
  92. John Willmott School, Sutton Coldfield
  93. Hugh Christie School, Tonbridge
  94. Burnside College, Wallsend
  95. Eden Park High School, Beckenham
  96. Grace Academy Darlaston, Wednesbury
  97. Barclay Academy, Stevenage
  98. Haberdashers' Crayford Academy, Dartford
  99. Ark Alexandra Academy, Hastings
  100. Kingswood Secondary Academy, Corby
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2023 |