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St Faiths CofE Primary School

Primary · Norwich. · NR10 3LF

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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 17 July 2024

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At a glance

80 pupils · 67% of 119 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
18.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
28.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.harnserfed.co.uk/
URN
121082

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 17 July 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% 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
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
43%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school43%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
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
Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolHaverhill · 52 miles awayGood73%
Boskenwyn Community Primary SchoolHelston · 333 miles awayGood33%
William Penn SchoolHorsham · 138 miles awayRequires improvement64%
St John's CofE (C) Primary SchoolDudley · 147 miles awayExpected standard47%
Hamsey Community Primary SchoolLewes · 135 miles awayGood70%
Langham Village SchoolHolt · 21 miles awayGood79%
Shobdon Primary SchoolLeominster · 178 miles awayGood50%
Goodleigh Church of England Primary SchoolBarnstaple · 251 miles awayGood67%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford AbbasSherborne · 206 miles awayNeeds attention44%
Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMaidstone · 109 miles awayGood63%
Bosbury CofE Primary SchoolLedbury · 163 miles awayGood71%
Egloskerry Primary SchoolLaunceston · 283 miles awayGood91%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%)

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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

18.52 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
18.2
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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 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 £45,284; 0% 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)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.5%62.3%
Social housing18.9%17.1%
Privately rented8.6%20.5%
Detached houses40.8%22.9%
Flats6.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026549 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£331,50044 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£257,500–£427,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (24)£397,500
Semi-detached (12)£277,500
Terraced (7)£227,000

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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