Academy sponsor led · Norfolk

Southery Academy

4–11Ages
83Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142468URN

Westgate Street, Southery, Downham Market, PE38 0PA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.0per place

1.0 below Norfolk median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

14 applications for 14 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

46%met the expected standard

Norfolk 57% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 26 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.0applications per place, Reception

1.0 below Norfolk median (2.0) 1.2 below England median (2.2)

14 applications · 14 places offered · 12 named it first

2026 1.0; Norfolk median median 2.0
2025 1.6; Norfolk median median 2.0
2024 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
2023 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
2022 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
2021 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
2020 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
2019 1.0; Norfolk median median 1.7
2018 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
2017 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.6
2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6
2015 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
2014 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 0 of 11 years.

This school
Norfolk median

Dashed bars: as Southery Primary School (URN 120882), 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	14	14	1.0	12	0.86
Sep 2025	9	14	1.6	9	1.00
Sep 2024	12	16	1.3	12	1.00
Sep 2023	10	12	1.2	10	1.00
Sep 2022	12	14	1.2	12	1.00
Sep 2021	11	15	1.4	11	1.00
Sep 2020	14	19	1.4	17	1.21
Sep 2019	13	13	1.0	12	0.92
Sep 2018	14	19	1.4	17	1.21
Sep 2017	14	15	1.1	13	0.93
Sep 2016	8	10	1.3	7	0.88
Sep 2015 *	10	14	1.4	9	0.90
Sep 2014 *	13	19	1.5	13	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 54% · Writing 62% · Maths 69% → all three 46% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard46%197th of 263 in Norfolk

Norfolk 57% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard54%

Norfolk 73% England 78%

Higher standard0%

Norfolk 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard62%

Norfolk 68% England 75%

Greater depth8%

Norfolk 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard69%

Norfolk 71% England 77%

Higher standard8%

Norfolk 19% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Norfolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	46%	0%	101	102
2023/24	41%	6%	101	101
2022/23	44%	0%	101	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

Southery AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.0applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
Hilgay Riverside Academy
3.8 km · Norfolk

Good2022

2.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School
7.2 km · Norfolk

Good2023

3.6applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School
9.0 km · Norfolk

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Nelson Academy
9.2 km · Norfolk

Remains Good2022

1.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
All Saints Academy
9.6 km · Norfolk

Good2024

1.4applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
Littleport Community Primary School
9.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, Feltwell
10.3 km · Norfolk

Good2022

1.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Millfield Primary School
10.4 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142468 · 926/2117
Trust: Eastern Multi-Academy Trust
Capacity: 98 pupils · 83 on roll
Free school meals: 31.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 March 2016
Replaced: Southery Primary School (URN 120882)
Address: Westgate Street, Southery, Downham Market, PE38 0PA
Local authority: Norfolk · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources