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Bawdeswell Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Sponsored academy
Foxley Road, Bawdeswell, Dereham NR20 4RR · bawdeswellprimary.org.uk · 01362 688282
On the mapSearch near NR20 4RR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 18%
- 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
- 85
- 81% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Free school meals
- 22.4%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 13 families put the school first and 14 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 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 18% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ▼18% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120785)
Ofsted
Bawdeswell Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 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
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120785), which Ofsted links to this one.
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
Apr 2015Good
Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120785)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 22
- 26% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied