Statutory Information

School Contact Details

Sprowston Community Academy
Cannerby Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NE
Telephone: 01603 485266

For any school queries please contact Becky Bell in the office or to request a paper copy of anything on our website

Academy Trust Head Office
Broad Horizons Education Trust, Sewell Park Academy, St. Clements Hill, Norwich, NR3 4BX
Telephone: 01603 937 303

Headteacher: Liz Wood
Chair of the governing body: ​Christina Taylor.
Our SENCo is Neil Bugdale, please contact the school office for more details.

Ethos, Aims & Values Statement

Read a statement of our school’s Ethos & Aims

Admission Arrangements

Our application process is detailed in the Broad Horizons Education Trust T38 Admissions Policy, our academy admissions procedure is detailed in SCA Main School and Sixth Form Admissions Procedure, our selection and over-subscription criteria is detailed in our SCA Main School and Sixth Form Admissions Procedure all of which can be found on the policies page.

Our school’s published admissions number (PAN) is 330 for year 7 and for each subsequent year.
The PAN is the maximum number of pupils that the admission authority will admit to each year group.

Admissions arrangements for disabled studentsMid-year application information and process is contained in our SCA Main School and Sixth Form Admissions Procedure.For sixth form admission arrangements please see our SCA Main School and Sixth Form Admissions Procedure.

All Broad Horizon Education Trust schools are part of the Norfolk County Council in-year coordination scheme.

Further information (including the In-Year Coordination Scheme) can be found at:
https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/38202

For an up to date copy of the admissions policy including admission criteria please see Norfolk Schoolfinder -
https://csapps.norfolk.gov.uk/schoolfinder/

Exclusion Arrangements

Our policy for pupil exclusion can be found in our SCA Exclusion Procedure or on our policies page.

Ofsted Reports

Current Ofsted Report

Sprowston Community Academy Ofsted Inspection reports
DfE Performance Tables

Curriculum provision for KS3 and KS4
Year 9 GCSE Options

Curriculum

Our curriculum for each academic year for all subjects can be found in each subject  page.

A list of the courses available to pupils at KS4, including GCSEs.

To find out more about the curriculum our school is following please see the individual subject pages under the main Subjects page.

The 16-19 study programme  requirements (Key Stage 5)

Statement of British Values .

Behaviour Policy

Our school’s behaviour policy and anti-bullying strategy for students can be found on our Policies page.
Our school’s anti-bullying strategy for staff can be found on our Policies page.

Safeguarding & Child Protection

Our school’s child protection and safeguarding policy can be found on our Policies page.

Pupil Premium

Our published strategy for the school’s use of pupil premium funding including how much pupil premium funding we received for the current academic year, the main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils, how we will spend the pupil premium to address those barriers and how we will measure the impact of the pupil premium funding are covered on our Pupil Premim Page.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Our policy for pupils with SEND can be found on our policies page .

Our SEND Information report can be found on our SEND page

Head of SEND is Neil Bugdale, please contact the office  for details.

Accessibility Plan for Disabled Students

Our latest Accessibility Plan can be found on our policies page

Equality Objectives

Our Single Equality Scheme (SES) and action plan integrates our statutory duties in relation to race, disability and gender and promoting community cohesion.  The duties cover staff, pupils and people using the services of our academies such as parents. This can be found on our policies page .

Complaints

Our complaints procedure can be found on our Policies page.

Our whistle-blowing policy and procedure can be found on our Policies page.

Our arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with special educational needs.

Governors' Information & Duties

Our governors information can be found on the Governance page.

Annual Reports & Accounts

Our annual reports and accounts can be found on the Trust's website.

Charging & Remission Policies

Our school’s charging and remissions policies can be found on our policies page.

Careers Programme Information

Our school’s careers programme including: Contact details including details of how pupils, parents, teachers and employers may access information about our careers programme can be found on our Careers website.

How our school measures and assesses the impact of the careers programme on pupils and the date of the school’s next review of the information published can also be found on the Careers website.