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St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth

Primary · Great Yarmouth · NR30 3BQ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 15 November 2023

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At a glance

201 pupils · 83% of 242 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
54.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
58% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stgeorgesprimary.norfolk.sch.uk
URN
120972

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 26 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. 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

26 places offered · 26 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
30%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
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 school30%
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
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 151 miles awayGood69%
Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)Birmingham · 153 miles awayGood53%
St Mary's Kilburn Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 110 miles awayOutstanding82%
St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 161 miles awayExpected standard79%
St George's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 111 miles awayGood67%
George Dixon Primary SchoolBirmingham · 155 miles awayUrgent improvement26%
West Park Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 162 miles awayGood76%
St Wilfrid's RC Primary SchoolHulme · 176 miles awayGood92%
Vauxhall Primary SchoolLondon · 110 miles awayGood64%
William Booth Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 122 miles awayExpected standard54%
Enfield Heights AcademyEnfield · 100 miles awayGood93%
Harris Primary Academy Peckham ParkLondon · 109 miles awayGood76%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 36% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Black African 8% (Norfolk 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Norfolk 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Norfolk 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Norfolk 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Norfolk 0%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Norfolk 0%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 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)
7.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.93 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
16.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school

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)

100% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.1 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 £45,519; 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£9,569
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 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £188,496; in-year balance +£49,335

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher13.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications35.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work10.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways36.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health36.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier28.2%62.3%
Social housing16.7%17.1%
Privately rented54.9%20.5%
Detached houses5.7%22.9%
Flats46.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van58.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026624 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£125,000328 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£100,000–£160,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (31)£155,000
Terraced (243)£128,000
Flat (50)£90,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
8an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
67an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
16an urban school averages 6.1

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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