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Tunstead Primary School

Primary · Norwich · NR12 8AH

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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 25 March 2025

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At a glance

67 pupils · 58% of 116 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
11% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.tunsteadprimary.co.uk/
URN
120863

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. At its inspection on 25 March 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 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
18%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers54.5%
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
West Tytherley Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury · 173 miles awayGood57%
Bratton Fleming Community Primary SchoolBarnstaple · 254 miles awayGood33%
The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England SchoolGrantham · 88 miles awayGood60%
Carleton Rode Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich · 22 miles awayGood13%
St Thomas à Becket Church of England Aided Primary SchoolSalisbury · 177 miles awayGood67%
Pratts Bottom Primary SchoolOrpington · 112 miles awayGood56%
Broadwas CofE Aided Primary SchoolWorcester · 163 miles awayExpected standard88%
Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThetford · 28 miles awayGood53%
St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolDarwen · 175 miles awayNeeds attention10%
Middleton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield · 115 miles awayGood44%
Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary SchoolMaidstone · 109 miles awayNeeds attention7%
Beeford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield · 109 miles awayNo current grade56%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Norfolk 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 2% (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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.59 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
19.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 29.41% 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, 3.5 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 £49,268; 25% 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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.5%62.3%
Social housing12.9%17.1%
Privately rented12.6%20.5%
Detached houses53.6%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026767 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£325,00013 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£285,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£325,000

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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