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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong 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
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Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 10 January 2023Graded inspection: Good · as Yaxham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, URN 121129
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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 entry20 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.0; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 3.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 5.0; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2022 7.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 3.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 3.1; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.4; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Yaxham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 121129), 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 | 20 | 4.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 * | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 14 | 34 | 2.4 | 17 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2015 * | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 10 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 27 | 1.8 | 13 | 0.87 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 88% · Writing 76% · Maths 82% → all three 76% 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 | 76% | 12% | 105 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 0% | 103 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 7% | 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
- Yaxham Church of England Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20264.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · NorfolkGood20241.5applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · NorfolkStandards maintained202559%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · NorfolkGood20231.7applications per place
- 3.5 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 3.9 km · NorfolkRemains Good202454%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.9applications per place
- 4.1 km · NorfolkNot yet inspected1.9applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149744 · 926/3373
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 104 pupils · 67 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2023
- Replaced
- Yaxham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 121129)
- Address
- Norwich Road, Yaxham, Dereham, NR19 1RU
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources