OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
3 July 2024
Latest published outcome
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Norfolk
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
418
418 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
211
50.5% of pupils
Male pupils
207
49.5% of pupils
27.6 pts
above England
School
52.4%
Great Yarmouth
35.4%
East of England
19.7%
England
24.8%
27.1 pts
above England
School
47.4%
Great Yarmouth
14.7%
East of England
16.4%
England
20.3%
0.3 pts
below England
School
0.7%
Great Yarmouth
2.8%
East of England
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
26.8%
112
Any other Mixed background
5.3%
22
Any other Asian background
1.9%
8
Any other ethnic group
1.9%
8
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
30.4%
127 of
418 pupils
9.6 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
20.6%
86 pupils
England
14.8%
5.8 pts
above
EHC plans
9.8%
41 pupils
England
6.0%
3.8 pts
above
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
57
Moderate learning difficulty
30
Social, emotional & mental health
17
Autistic spectrum disorder
15
No specialist assessment yet
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.65%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.56 pts
lower than
England
School
5.65%
Great Yarmouth
7.08%
East of England
6.17%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
13.61%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
2.20 pts
lower than
England
School
13.61%
Great Yarmouth
18.03%
East of England
15.39%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.52%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.28 pts
lower than
England
School
0.52%
Great Yarmouth
2.26%
East of England
1.83%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
89.7%
1.5 pts
above England
St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery
89.7%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.