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Bacton Primary School

Primary · Norwich · NR12 0EY

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 16 July 2024

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At a glance

77 pupils · 73% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
20.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.bacton.norfolk.sch.uk/
URN
120781

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 16 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers72.5%
Norfolk average56.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
All Saints AcademyKing's Lynn · 45 miles awayGood93%
Lewannick Community Primary SchoolLaunceston · 297 miles awayGood78%
Burntstump Seely CofE Primary AcademyNottingham · 110 miles awayGood (2019)67%
Millbrook CofE Primary SchoolTorpoint · 299 miles awayGood (2019)95%
Buxworth Primary SchoolHigh Peak · 147 miles awayNeeds attention0%
Boscastle Community Primary SchoolBoscastle · 303 miles awayGood50%
Hollingbourne Primary SchoolMaidstone · 115 miles awayExpected standard53%
Lift UtterbyLouth · 75 miles awayExpected standard82%
Blenheim Park AcademyFakenham · 31 miles awayGood90%
Foulsham Primary School AcademyDereham · 20 miles awayGood44%
Skelton Primary SchoolYork · 134 miles awayGood100%
Beckingham Primary SchoolDoncaster · 103 miles awayGood29%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Norfolk 0%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Norfolk 0%, England 0%)

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)
7.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.28 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
13
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

37.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.3 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 £57,603; 50% 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

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health36.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.1%62.3%
Social housing9.4%17.1%
Privately rented14.5%20.5%
Detached houses54.4%22.9%
Flats5.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026752 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£256,50046 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£171,500–£359,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (28)£340,000
Semi-detached (12)£162,500

Homes around this school are cheaper 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

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a 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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