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Roydon Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Manor Road, Roydon, Diss IP22 5QU · roydon.norfolk.sch.uk · 01379 642628
On the mapSearch near IP22 5QU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 51%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Norfolk 56%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 255
- 65% of 390 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
- First language not English
- 13.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 73% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 40 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 35 | 44 | 1.3▲ | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Norfolk it was 56%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼51% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Roydon Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (62 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 62
- 24% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (26%) with SEND