Hilgay Riverside Academy | School performance

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 10/05/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNorfolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio15.0:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of Hilgay Riverside Academy · Primary · Norfolk

Part ofGRACE SCHOOLS

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

60%

+30pp

60%39%17%

'17'19'23'24'25

'25 · 60%

RWM higher standard

0pp

0%0%0%

'17'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

70%

Reading higher standard

40%

Writing expected standard

70%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

60%

Maths higher standard

20%

Science expected standard

70%

SPAG expected standard

80%

SPAG higher standard

10%

Reading scaled score

104.0

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

Pupil : teacher ratio

15.0

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

34%

SEN

34%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

19%

Contact

Address

Church Road, Hilgay, Downham Market, PE38 0JL

Local authority

Norfolk

Website

riversidefederation-norfolk.demat.org.uk

Telephone

01366387685

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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	60%	0%	70%	40%	70%	0%	60%	20%	70%	80%	104.0	102.0	102.0	—	—	—	34%	71
2023/24	30%	0%	70%	20%	40%	0%	70%	0%	70%	80%	104.0	103.0	104.0	—	—	—	24%	54
2022/23	29%	0%	71%	14%	43%	0%	43%	0%	57%	57%	102.0	98.0	99.0	+0.60	-5.40	-3.10	30%	54
2018/19	20%	0%	30%	20%	20%	0%	40%	0%	40%	30%	96.0	96.0	95.0	-4.40	-10.60	-4.30	10%	67
2017/18	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	—	62
2016/17	17%	0%	42%	8%	42%	0%	25%	0%	67%	42%	98.0	93.0	97.0	-4.30	-4.90	-5.40	17%	65

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	71	14.2	34%	1%	34%	6%	19%
2023/24	54	27.0	24%	2%	30%	6%	26%
2022/23	54	18.0	30%	0%	46%	7%	21%
2021/22	56	15.6	16%	0%	41%	6%	18%
2020/21	52	14.4	12%	0%	36%	—	—
2018/19	67	23.3	10%	0%	24%	5%	15%
2017/18	—	—	—	—	—	6%	10%
2016/17	65	26.0	17%	0%	31%	5%	8%