Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 28 April 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 18 January 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 entry18 applications · 13 places offered · 13 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Wells-next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School (URN 120865), 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 | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 21 | 30 | 1.4 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 19 | 22 | 1.2 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 23 | 27 | 1.2 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 22 | 25 | 1.1 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 36 | 1.2 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 35 | 1.2 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 24 | 29 | 1.2 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 27 | 36 | 1.3 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 26 | 31 | 1.2 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 25 | 29 | 1.2 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 * | 25 | 41 | 1.6 | 36 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2014 * | 24 | 31 | 1.3 | 23 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 77% · Writing 63% · Maths 40% → all three 33% 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 | 33% | 0% | 104 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 104 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 47% | 0% | 104 | 98 |
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
- Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · Norfolk20265.0applications per place
- 8.3 km · NorfolkGood20241.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 8.9 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 9.3 km · NorfolkRemains Good20242.3applications per place
- 11.2 km · NorfolkRemains Good20233.0applications per place
- 11.3 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 11.8 km · NorfolkGood20242.5applications per place
- 13.3 km · NorfolkGood202335%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
- 144975 · 926/2177
- Trust
- The Wensum Trust
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 197 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Wells-next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School (URN 120865)
- Address
- Polka Road, Wells-Next-the-Sea, NR23 1JG
- Local authority
- Norfolk · North Norfolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources