Bignold Primary School and Nursery | School performance

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

426

Pupils · 2024/25

46%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

426

Pupils · 2024/25

46%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

426

Pupils · 2024/25

46%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 25/05/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNorfolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio21.8:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Bignold Primary School and Nursery · Primary · Norfolk

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19

RWM expected standard

57%

+12pp

57%49%41%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 57%

RWM higher standard

+5pp

5%3%0%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 5%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

68%

Reading higher standard

30%

Writing expected standard

59%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

68%

Maths higher standard

18%

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

57%

SPAG higher standard

21%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

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

426

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

46%

FSM eligible

28%

SEN

17%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

19%

Contact

Address

Wessex Street, Norwich, NR2 2SY

Local authority

Norfolk

Website

https://www.bignold.greenhousecms.co.uk/

Telephone

01603625721

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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	57%	5%	68%	30%	59%	7%	68%	18%	73%	57%	105.0	102.0	102.0	—	—	—	17%	426
2023/24	45%	0%	71%	40%	57%	0%	60%	22%	71%	78%	106.0	103.0	105.0	—	—	—	18%	449
2022/23	41%	0%	64%	17%	49%	0%	51%	14%	53%	49%	102.0	100.0	100.0	+1.10	+0.10	-0.30	18%	462
2018/19	53%	5%	59%	19%	60%	7%	67%	17%	62%	64%	101.0	102.0	102.0	-1.80	-2.70	-1.60	12%	547

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	426	20.6	17%	46%	28%	6%	19%
2023/24	449	21.3	18%	44%	28%	6%	19%
2022/23	462	26.0	18%	40%	28%	6%	21%
2021/22	453	21.4	14%	41%	26%	7%	26%
2020/21	458	20.4	15%	35%	22%	—	—
2018/19	547	25.8	12%	31%	27%	5%	11%
2017/18	—	—	—	—	—	5%	12%