Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry16 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.2; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.6; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 3.0; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Garboldisham Church Primary School (URN 121038), 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 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 17 | 1.6 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 * | 15 | 29 | 1.9 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 15 | 27 | 1.8 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 * | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 12 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 * | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 9 | 0.64 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 58% · Writing 67% · Maths 75% → all three 58% 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 | 58% | 8% | 102 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 8% | 106 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 13% | 105 | 105 |
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
- Garboldisham Church of England Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.2applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place
- 3.6 km · Norfolk2026
- 4.8 km · NorfolkGood20221.5applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · Norfolk20263.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- Good20231.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 7.5 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 8.8 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 53%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
- 148237 · 926/2242
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 72 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2020
- Replaced
- Garboldisham Church Primary School (URN 121038)
- Address
- Church Road, Garboldisham, Diss, IP22 2SE
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources