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Aldborough Primary School

Primary · Norwich · NR11 7PH

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 February 2025

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At a glance

126 pupils · 82% of 153 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.aldborough.norfolk.sch.uk
URN
120777

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its inspection on 4 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

17 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
18%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Norfolk average56.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Hemingbrough Community Primary SchoolSelby · 111 miles awayGood71%
Bozeat Community Primary SchoolWellingborough · 92 miles awayGood83%
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBerkhamsted · 109 miles awayExpected standard58%
Furneux Pelham Church of England SchoolFurneux Pelham · 81 miles awayGood42%
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, PrudhoePrudhoe · 192 miles awayGood94%
Yelvertoft Primary SchoolNorthampton · 105 miles awayNeeds attention58%
Culworth Church of England Primary AcademyBanbury · 116 miles awayGood33%
Plumpton Primary SchoolNear Lewes · 145 miles awayGood50%
Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and NurseryEtchingham · 132 miles awayNo current grade71%
The Meadows Primary SchoolCrewe · 149 miles awayOutstanding77%
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMaidstone · 118 miles awayGood (2019)56%
The Marton AcademyGainsborough · 89 miles awayStrong standard78%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.36 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Norfolk: 5.56 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,808; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,824
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 1% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 14% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 10% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £83,674; in-year balance +£26,812

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.3%62.3%
Social housing8.8%17.1%
Privately rented15.9%20.5%
Detached houses56.7%22.9%
Flats1.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026737 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£380,00015 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£252,500–£475,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£450,000
Terraced (7)£260,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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