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Brisley Church of England Primary Academy

Primary · Dereham · NR20 5LH

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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 17 May 2023

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At a glance

67 pupils · 64% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.hopefederation.org.uk
URN
146558

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 17 May 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 11 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
58%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
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 school58%
Median of its 12 closest peers36%
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
Little Bollington CofE Primary SchoolAltrincham · 143 miles awayRequires improvement9%
Fletching Church of England Primary SchoolUckfield · 127 miles awayNeeds attention36%
Magdalen AcademyKing's Lynn · 23 miles awayGood17%
Garton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield · 104 miles awayGood75%
Carleton Rode Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich · 21 miles awayGood13%
Sytchampton Endowed Primary SchoolStourport-on-Severn · 135 miles awayGood77%
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary SchoolBeccles · 38 miles awayExpected standard33%
Clive CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 150 miles awayNo current grade67%
Bratton Fleming Community Primary SchoolBarnstaple · 234 miles awayGood33%
Wellhouse Junior and Infant SchoolHuddersfield · 128 miles awayNeeds attention36%
Little Thetford CofE Primary SchoolEly · 38 miles awayExpected standard77%
St Thomas à Becket Church of England Aided Primary SchoolSalisbury · 160 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Norfolk 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%)

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.1%
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
13.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

100% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.2 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 £44,177; 16.7% 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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.9%62.3%
Social housing6.1%17.1%
Privately rented11%20.5%
Detached houses70.2%22.9%
Flats0.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026462 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,00014 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£352,000–£498,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£369,000

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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