Schools by area › Suffolk › Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
The Street, Barnby, Beccles NR34 7QB · barnbynorthcove.suffolk.sch.uk · 01502 476230
On the mapSearch near NR34 7QB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 33%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 91
- 87% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.9%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Consortium Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 4 families put the school first and 4 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 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Suffolk it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼33% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124568)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School on 19 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 19 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124568), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124568)
What parents said
68% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 68%
- Replies
- 34
- 40% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied