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Garvestone Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Dereham Road, Garvestone, Norwich NR9 4AD · garvestone.norfolk.sch.uk · 01362 850315
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Norfolk 56%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 56
- 4 over 52 places · 108%
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 6 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 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120810)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 May 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Garvestone Community Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 20
- 34% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied