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Southtown Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 183Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 148119URN

Tamworth Lane, Southtown, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0HJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.6per place
1.6 above Norfolk median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

50 applications for 14 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
43%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 27 June 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
3.6applications per place, Reception
1.6 above Norfolk median (2.0) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

50 applications · 14 places offered · 14 named it first

  1. 2026 3.6; Norfolk median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.7; Norfolk median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Norfolk median

Dashed bars: as Southtown Primary School (URN 121010), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202614503.6141.00
Sep 202517462.7160.94
Sep 202424401.7170.71
Sep 202327461.7210.78
Sep 202229582.0270.93
Sep 202128471.7260.93
Sep 2020 *24441.8160.67
Sep 2019 *29471.6311.07
Sep 2018 *30581.9260.87
Sep 2017 *22391.8200.91
Sep 2016 *28572.0260.93
Sep 2015 *25532.1170.68
Sep 2014 *30622.1280.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 64% · Writing 68% · Maths 54% → all three 43% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard43%213th of 263 in Norfolk
Reading
Expected standard64%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard68%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard54%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Norfolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2543%0%102100
2023/2428%0%10197
2022/2328%0%9896

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

  • 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 converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148119 · 926/2406
Trust
Kingfisher Schools Trust
Capacity
220 pupils · 183 on roll
Free school meals
44.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2020
Replaced
Southtown Primary School (URN 121010)
Address
Tamworth Lane, Southtown, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0HJ
Local authority
Norfolk · Great Yarmouth

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