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UET Pathfinder Academy

Alternative provisionAges 5–16Academy

near Badersfield, NR10 5JW · Norfolk local authority

Badersfield’s School Grade B better than 57% of towns in England

How full
284 pupils
81% of its 350 places
Free school meals
72%
72 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about UET Pathfinder Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 72% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, July 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Badersfield, the nearest town
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NR10 5) sold for a median £252,500; Badersfield’s is £210,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

335 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
30.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
40%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
71.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 38%Boys 62%
Its letter

No letter for UET Pathfinder Academy

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, July 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near UET Pathfinder Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NR10 5, the school’s postcode sector

Badersfield property prices →
£252,500
median sale, 211 sales in 36 months · Badersfield £210,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025NR10 5Badersfield
NR10 5Badersfield

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£435K
Semi-detached
£245K
Terraced
£209K
Flat
£138K
NR10 5Badersfield

Homes in NR10 5 sell for well over Badersfield’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

1 state school
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCUET Pathfinder Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Badersfield, NR10 5JW

UET Pathfinder Academy: common questions

What is UET Pathfinder Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (July 2024).

How much do houses cost near UET Pathfinder Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, NR10 5, sold for a median £252,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (211 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Badersfield’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.