[1] In May 2013 the school launched a consultation on the possibility of converting to academy status.

[5] For the school's 2019 GCSE results, the Progress 8 score of 0.18, which puts Attleborough Academy in the top 30% nationally for Progress 8, and 67% of students achieved grades 4-9 in GCSE English and Maths; above the Norfolk average of 63.5%.

[6] In March 2009, a 16-year-old student posted a threat on the website Newgrounds stating that he would go to the school with a gas canister, set fire to the building and commit other acts of violence.

A Newgrounds user from Montreal, Quebec, Canada notified English authorities via Skype after seeing the threat.

The student was found carrying a knife, matches and a plastic gas canister containing flammable liquid, and was arrested for threats to commit criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon, to which he admitted.