Garvestone Community Primary School | Primary in Norwich, Breckland | Ofsted & DfE

70%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

70%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

70%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 15/01/2020

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNorfolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio17.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Garvestone Community Primary School · Primary · Norfolk

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

70%

+7pp

73%55%36%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 70%

RWM higher standard

10%

+5pp

18%9%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

70%

Reading higher standard

40%

Writing expected standard

70%

Writing higher standard

40%

Maths expected standard

70%

Maths higher standard

20%

Science expected standard

70%

SPAG expected standard

40%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

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

17.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

22%

SEN

29%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

Dereham Road, Garvestone, Norwich, NR9 4AD

Local authority

Norfolk

Website

http://www.garvestone.norfolk.sch.uk

Telephone

01362850315

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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	70%	10%	70%	40%	70%	40%	70%	20%	70%	40%	104.0	103.0	100.0	—	—	—	29%	59
2023/24	63%	5%	79%	32%	74%	16%	68%	11%	79%	47%	104.0	103.0	99.0	—	—	—	31%	68
2022/23	36%	0%	55%	27%	55%	0%	45%	9%	64%	45%	104.0	98.0	99.0	-0.20	-0.90	-4.00	32%	72
2018/19	73%	18%	91%	27%	82%	36%	73%	27%	82%	82%	108.0	104.0	106.0	+4.30	+3.70	+0.10	14%	72
2017/18	67%	0%	100%	11%	89%	22%	67%	0%	100%	78%	107.0	100.0	104.0	+0.50	+0.40	-5.20	—	71

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	59	15.2	29%	0%	22%	6%	13%
2023/24	68	16.2	31%	2%	18%	6%	16%
2022/23	72	16.3	32%	0%	19%	5%	8%
2021/22	74	18.5	28%	3%	26%	6%	16%
2020/21	66	17.9	26%	2%	17%	—	—
2018/19	72	18.7	14%	1%	19%	6%	9%
2017/18	—	19.7	—	—	—	5%	7%