UK Schools
Old Buckenham High School
Old Buckenham High School is a mixed secondary academy in Attleborough, Norfolk County Council, teaching 501 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in March 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 37.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 4 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Old Buckenham High School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Old Buckenham High School.
- 1–3 Staff Inset Days - school closed to students
- 4–30 Autumn Term
- 1–31 Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 28 Staff Inset Day (Disaggregated) - school closed to students
- 1–19 Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–6 Christmas Holiday
- 5–6 Staff Inset Days - school closed to students
- 7–31 Spring Term
- 1–28 Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 1–27 Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13–30 Summer Term
- 1–31 Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday - school closed
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 1–30 Summer Term
- 1–17 Summer Term
- 20 Summer Holiday starts
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Inset Days - school closed to students Sep 1-3, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Sep 4 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Staff Inset Day (Disaggregated) - school closed to students Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 6, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Inset Days - school closed to students Jan 5-6, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Jan 7 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 13 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday - school closed May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday starts Jul 20, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Old Buckenham High School with Norfolk County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 37.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Norfolk County Council England
Attendance 25.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Norfolk County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Norfolk County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Old Buckenham High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Old Buckenham High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.