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The Nicholas Hamond Academy
Context
Principal
Mr Mark Woodhouse
Multi-school
Cluster
Age range
11-18
Status
Academy Sponsor Led
Type
Secondary
DfE Number
4000
Contact details
Address
The Nicholas Hamond Academy
Brandon Road
Swaffham
Norfolk
PE37 7DZ
Telephone
01760-721480
Areas
School & Community Zone
LA Area
West & Breckland
Diocese
Not Applicable
Councillor division
Swaffham
District
Breckland
Councillor
Jaden Lister (Reform UK)
Pupil numbers
Number on Roll (January 2026)
710
Planned admission numbers (2026/27)
168
Planned admission numbers (2027/28)
180
SEND Provision
Mixed year groups
None
School visits
  • Open days
  • Individual visits
  • Group visits
  • Open evenings
Transition support
  • Bespoke Transition package
  • Small group visits
  • Transition week
Mental health support
  • Emotional literacy support assistant (ELSA)
Curriculum Offer
Number on Roll (NOR) detail
NOR January 2026
Yr 7152
Yr 8146
Yr 9135
Yr 10156
Yr 11121
Total710
Admissions policy

School admission policy : 2026/27 (Agreed)

If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference to children according to the following criteria, in this order of priority:

 i.             Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

ii.            Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. For the purposes of this policy a sibling is classed as children living permanently at the same address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common, are related by a parent’s marriage or civil relationship, are adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related to children who live at the same address whose parents live as partners.

iii.           Children of permanent teaching and support staff of an ATT academy who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy.

iv.           Other children by distance from the academy, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the academy (as measured by a straight-line distance) from the child’s property address point to the academy’s property address point.