Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 February 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 20 October 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry38 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.8; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2016 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2015 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2014 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Cobholm Primary School (URN 120971), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 23 | 38 | 1.7 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 39 | 1.8 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 28 | 43 | 1.5 | 29 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 48 | 1.7 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 41 | 1.4 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 41 | 1.4 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 20 | 32 | 1.6 | 17 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 24 | 37 | 1.5 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 24 | 29 | 1.2 | 18 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 | 24 | 31 | 1.3 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 28 | 38 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 28 | 39 | 1.4 | 23 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 39 | 1.30 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 64% · Writing 73% · Maths 77% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Norfolk median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 59% | 0% | 101 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 0% | 100 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 5% | 99 | 101 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cobholm Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Norfolk20263.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · NorfolkRemains Good · improving20242.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · NorfolkGood20231.8applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20231.8applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Norfolk20262.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.7applications per place
- 2.6 km · Norfolk202656%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141359 · 926/2090
- Trust
- Inspiration Trust
- Capacity
- 262 pupils · 189 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2014
- Replaced
- Cobholm Primary School (URN 120971)
- Address
- Mill Road, Cobholm, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0BA
- Local authority
- Norfolk · Great Yarmouth
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources