OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
14 February 2024
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Norfolk
Trust
SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
349
349 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
163
46.7% of pupils
Male pupils
186
53.3% of pupils
5.9 pts
below England
School
18.9%
Broadland
17.7%
East of England
19.7%
England
24.8%
0.0 pts
in line with England
School
20.3%
Broadland
8.0%
East of England
16.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Broadland
2.7%
East of England
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
6.0%
21
Any other ethnic group
2.3%
8
White and Black African
2.0%
7
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
13.5%
47 of
349 pupils
7.4 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
8.6%
30 pupils
England
14.8%
6.2 pts
below
EHC plans
4.9%
17 pupils
England
6.0%
1.2 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
15
Autistic spectrum disorder
9
Speech, language & communication
9
Specific learning difficulty
7
Moderate learning difficulty
3
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.10%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.12 pts
lower than
England
School
5.10%
Broadland
5.75%
East of England
6.17%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
9.32%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
6.49 pts
lower than
England
School
9.32%
Broadland
12.83%
East of England
15.39%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.85%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.96 pts
lower than
England
School
0.85%
Broadland
1.21%
East of England
1.83%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
83.1%
5.1 pts
below England
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.