Hapton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Primary · Norwich · NR15 1AD

Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

18 pupils · 43% of 42 capacity

School type: Voluntary aided school
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 33.3% of pupils
English as additional language: 0% of pupils
SEN support: 42.1% of pupils
EHC plan: 10.5% of pupils
URN: 121040

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

1 places offered · 1 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

5.3%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

13.3%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

4.6

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

21 April 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)
6 June 2023: Requires improvement (graded inspection)
12 December 2017: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Wreningham VC Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 1.6 mi
Preston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.9 mi
Tacolneston Church of England Primary AcademyNo current grade · Primary · 2.2 mi
St Mary's Church of England Junior AcademyNot yet graded · Primary · 2.5 mi
Forncett St Peter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.6 mi
Long Stratton High SchoolStrong standard · Secondary · 2.6 mi
Manor Field Infant and Nursery SchoolNo current grade · Primary · 2.7 mi
Mulbarton Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.8 mi

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