Norton Hill Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.299 miles
Published by Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Norton Hill Academy is a secondary school in Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Norton Hill Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.299 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, there were 303 first-choice applications for 279 offers; 277 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.299 miles away, nearer the school than in 2018, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- 64 of the 427 applications (15%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Bath and North East Somerset; 28 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and A level progress from GCSE was above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bath and North East Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 1,757 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “The culture of the school is one of respect, understanding and kindness.”
- “Pupils and students thrive at the school.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, there is work underway to ensure the curriculum supports the best possible outcomes for pupils.”
- “The impact of this work has yet to lead to the high outcomes seen in other parts of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 303 first-preference applications, 279 offers in total, 277 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bath and North East Somerset.
- Somervale Secondary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Somerset Studio School 2.2 mi School remains Good
- Writhlington School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Gregory's Catholic College 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hayesfield Girls School 8.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chew Valley School 8.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beechen Cliff School 8.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Oldfield School 8.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published