Blofield Primary School

Blofield Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its good status from the previous inspection. The school offers a nurturing environment where pupils enjoy learning, especially through a variety of outdoor activities and sports. Pupils develop resilience and participate actively in their learning journey, benefiting from a well-structured curriculum that emphasizes key knowledge retention and extra support for those who need it, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Despite these strengths, there are challenges with pupil behavior during lessons that occasionally disrupt learning, which the school is addressing through its newly implemented behavior policy.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well and take part in diverse outdoor activities.
• The school has a well-thought-out ambitious curriculum.
• Pupils develop resilience through enriching experiences such as trips.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND ensures they achieve highly.
• Regular checks and knowledge drops help pupils retain information.
• Pupils excel in reading and mathematics compared to national standards.
• A culture of kindness and support among pupils is prevalent.

Areas for Improvement

• Variability in the quality of pupils' written work.
• Some pupils do not develop necessary handwriting skills effectively.
• The behavior policy is in early stages of implementation, leading to distractions.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Blofield Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Blofield Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Blofield Primary School had 25.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.1% of pupils at Blofield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Blofield Primary School received £5,934 and spent £5,928 for each of its 220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£182 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Blofield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Blofield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Blofield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Blofield Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Blofield Primary School have?

Blofield Primary School has 220 pupils on roll.

What age range does Blofield Primary School cover?

Blofield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Blofield Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Blofield Primary School?

Blofield Primary School is at Plantation Road, Blofield, Norfolk, NR13 4PL.