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Scole Church of England Primary Academy

Primary · Diss · IP21 4ED

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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: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 22 April 2026

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At a glance

41 pupils · 39% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
41.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
50% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.scole.norfolk.sch.uk
URN
149502

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 7 Reception places, 0.86 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 3 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
29%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers44%
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
Beamish Primary SchoolStanley · 208 miles awayGood29%
Eyam CofE Primary SchoolHope Valley · 134 miles awayGood50%
Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCarnforth · 203 miles awayExpected standard63%
Sicklinghall Community Primary SchoolWetherby · 153 miles awayGood80%
Unstone Junior SchoolDronfield · 126 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Langford Budville Church of England Primary SchoolWellington · 212 miles awayGood13%
Werrington Community Primary SchoolLaunceston · 265 miles awayGood18%
Cockfield Church of England Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 22 miles awayGood73%
Delabole Primary SchoolDelabole · 281 miles awayGood38%
Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary SchoolLuton · 72 miles awayExpected standard67%
Pinchmill Primary SchoolBedford · 73 miles awayRequires improvement29%
Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston · 197 miles awayGood25%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · White Gypsy/Roma 7% (Norfolk 0%, England 0%) · Any other White background 5% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.63 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
15.8
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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £41,692; 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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.4%62.3%
Social housing12.2%17.1%
Privately rented12.4%20.5%
Detached houses45.7%22.9%
Flats5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026934 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,00043 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£315,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£330,000
Semi-detached (16)£260,000
Terraced (7)£225,000

Homes around this school are cheaper 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

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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