Jane Austen College

Jane Austen College is a secondary free school located in Norwich, owned by the Inspiration Trust, that opened in September 2014. History Plans for the school were announced in March 2013 with the intention to locate in central Norwich. Jane Austen College was approved by the Department for Education, on 22 May 2013, to open in September 2014. Academic organisation The school has an admission number of 180 students per year between Years 7 and 11, and a smaller sixth form. There is an extended school day, with optional sessions running until 5.30pm three days a week for students to complete homework on site. Within the school day students spend dedicated time on an ‘elective’ until year 11, activity of their choice such as choir, football, Dungeons and Dragons, dancing or STEM studies. There is a shorter end time on Fridays of 3.30pm for those students who have completed their week's homework. The school has chosen to compress Key Stage 3 into 2 years, and operate a three-year Key Stage 4 when students are studying GCSEs.