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The Bawburgh School

Primary · Norwich · NR9 3LR

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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 1 October 2024

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At a glance

99 pupils · 94% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
13% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.bawburgh.norfolk.sch.uk/
URN
120784

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 10 Reception places, 0.80 first choices per place. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 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 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
86%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school86%
Median of its 12 closest peers54%
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
Elveden Church of England Primary AcademyThetford · 28 miles awayOutstanding57%
Kingswood Primary SchoolMaidstone · 100 miles awayGood58%
St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolWantage · 133 miles awayGood53%
John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolBedford · 72 miles awayNeeds attention29%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child OkefordBlandford Forum · 189 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary SchoolThetford · 28 miles awayGood47%
Bridestowe Primary SchoolOkehampton · 264 miles awayExpected standard62%
Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury · 168 miles awayNeeds attention33%
Stallingborough CofE Primary SchoolGrimsby · 87 miles awayGood55%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and AldhamColchester · 53 miles awayGood71%
Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary SchoolWareham · 202 miles awayGood38%
Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary SchoolCambridge · 46 miles awayGood94%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 3% (Norfolk 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%)

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)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
18.7
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)

85.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.8 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 £48,330; 28.6% 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£8,712
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 13% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£124,730; in-year balance -£34,285

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.4%62.3%
Social housing10.3%17.1%
Privately rented13.3%20.5%
Detached houses56.5%22.9%
Flats4.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms41.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026883 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£427,50020 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£323,000–£649,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£630,000
Semi-detached (6)£332,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
1a 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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