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Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Coachmaker Way, Hethersett, Norwich NR9 3GN · hethersettwoodside.org.uk · 01603 810674
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Norfolk 56%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 508
- 88 over 420 places · 121%
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.2%
- First language not English
- 22%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 53 places were offered; 100% 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 | 53 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 60 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●107 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2007
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (126 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 126
- 26% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (15%) with SEND