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Rocklands Community Primary School

Primary · Attleborough · NR17 1TP

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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 13 September 2023

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At a glance

73 pupils · 104% of 70 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
12.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.rocklands.norfolk.sch.uk
URN
120847

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 10 Reception places, 0.70 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.70 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school79%
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
Rogate CofE Primary SchoolPetersfield · 130 miles awayGood50%
Tacolneston Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich · 9 miles awayNo current grade47%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolHereford · 154 miles awayNeeds attention31%
Isbourne Valley SchoolCheltenham · 127 miles awayGood71%
East Wold Church of England Primary SchoolLouth · 67 miles awayRequires improvement29%
Church Eaton Primary SchoolStafford · 133 miles awayExpected standard83%
Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary SchoolScarborough · 132 miles awayGood33%
Curbar Primary SchoolHope Valley · 118 miles awayGood62%
Aslacton Primary SchoolNorwich · 11 miles awayNo current grade67%
Fringford Church of England Primary SchoolBicester · 96 miles awayGood67%
Stambridge Primary SchoolRochford · 66 miles awayGood100%
Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLancaster · 184 miles awayGood69%

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%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Norfolk 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.1%
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
16.2
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)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.3 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 £40,170; 20% 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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.7%62.3%
Social housing6.6%17.1%
Privately rented16.7%20.5%
Detached houses70.5%22.9%
Flats1.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026419 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£407,50022 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£295,500–£599,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (17)£449,000
Semi-detached (5)£250,000

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

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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