Old Buckenham High School

Not to be confused with Old Buckenham Hall School.

Old Buckenham High School
Address
Abbey Road Old Buckenham , Norfolk , NR17 1RL England
Coordinates	52°29′04″N 1°02′35″E
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Community Ambition Respect
Established	1938
Local authority	Norfolk County Council
Trust	Sapentia Educational Trust
Department for Education URN	146144 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Paul Beale
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 16
Enrollment	551
Capacity	649
Houses	Attenborough Turing Malala Rashford
Colour(s)
Website	http://www.obhs.co.uk/

Old Buckenham High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Old Buckenham in the English county of Norfolk.

History

The school was first established in 1938 as Old Buckenham Area School for 5- to 14-year-old pupils.^[1] It was later changed to a comprehensive school for 11- to 16-year-olds. The school was awarded specialist Sports College status in September 2010.^[2]

Previously a community school administered by Norfolk County Council, in September 2018 Old Buckenham High School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Sapentia Educational Trust.

Admissions

Primary schools that feed into Old Buckenham High School include Banham Primary School, Bunwell Primary School, Carleton Rode Primary School, East Harling Primary School, Eccles Hargham and Wilby Primary School, Kenninghall Primary School and Old Buckenham Primary School.^[3]

School profile

When Ofsted visited in 2015 it found a smaller than average 11–16 comprehensive school serving a rural area of Norfolk. It was judged to be good. Most of the students were White British and the proportion of students who come from minority ethnic groups is well below average. The proportion of students for whom English is an additional language was very low: there were few disadvantaged students entitled or eligible for free school meals. The school met the government’s floor standards for students’ attainment and progress.^[4]

References

1. "School History". Obhs.co.uk. 8 April 1938. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
2. "Specialism". Obhs.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
3. http://www.obhs.co.uk/storage/downloads/Admissions%20Policy.pdf ^{[dead link‍]}
4. "Ofsted Report 2015 OBHS". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2020. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

External links

• Old Buckenham High School official website