Report card · inspected Jul 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 | Strong 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
- 7 July 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 8 February 2022Graded 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 entry24 applications · 6 places offered · 6 named it first
- 2026 4.0; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 2.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Surlingham Community Primary School (URN 120855), 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 | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 * | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 89% · Maths 89% → all three 89% 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 | 89% | 22% | 110 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 100% | 17% | 107 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 9% | 102 | 103 |
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
- Surlingham Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.0applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · NorfolkRemains Good20232.2applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · NorfolkGood20221.9applications per place
- 4.2 km · NorfolkRemains Good20242.5applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · Norfolk20262.2applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · NorfolkGood20222.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- Graded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · NorfolkGood20242.7applications per place 40%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
- 144973 · 926/2173
- Capacity
- 120 pupils · 65 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Surlingham Community Primary School (URN 120855)
- Address
- Walnut Hill, Surlingham, Rockland St Mary Primary School, Norwich, NR14 7DQ
- Local authority
- Norfolk · South Norfolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources