Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School | Primary in Beccles, East Suffolk | Ofsted & DfE

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Local authoritySuffolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio12.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School · Primary · Suffolk

Part ofCONSORTIUM TRUST

Finance£10324 spend / pupil£11338 income / pupil2024-25 · AARView on FBIT

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

33%

-9pp

64%49%33%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 33%

RWM higher standard

0pp

7%4%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

83%

Reading higher standard

33%

Writing expected standard

50%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

50%

Maths higher standard

17%

Science expected standard

67%

SPAG expected standard

50%

LA AVG 68.77%

SPAG higher standard

17%

LA AVG 22.4%

Reading scaled score

107.0

LA AVG 105.15

Maths scaled score

103.0

LA AVG 103.66

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

12.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

24%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

The Street, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QB

Local authority

Suffolk

Website

https://www.barnbynorthcove.suffolk.sch.uk/

Telephone

01502476230

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	33%	0%	83%	33%	50%	0%	50%	17%	67%	50%	107.0	103.0	103.0	—	—	—	23%	78
2023/24	42%	0%	58%	42%	58%	8%	67%	8%	67%	92%	105.0	103.0	106.0	—	—	—	12%	73
2022/23	57%	0%	93%	36%	93%	21%	57%	14%	93%	93%	106.0	102.0	105.0	+1.40	+4.00	-1.90	8%	83
2018/19	64%	7%	87%	40%	71%	14%	80%	40%	64%	67%	108.0	106.0	108.0	+0.20	-4.50	-1.80	16%	109
2017/18	42%	0%	100%	17%	58%	0%	58%	8%	83%	83%	105.0	102.0	103.0	-0.20	-4.70	-3.10	—	94
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	78	11.4	23%	0%	24%	6%	15%
2023/24	73	15.4	12%	1%	24%	7%	21%
2022/23	83	14.3	8%	0%	24%	6%	16%
2021/22	86	33.6	12%	0%	19%	11%	40%
2020/21	94	20.0	15%	0%	18%	—	—
2018/19	109	24.7	16%	0%	18%	6%	11%
2017/18	—	23.0	—	—	—	4%	6%