Bressingham Primary School

Bressingham Primary School remains a strong institution that continues to provide a good quality of education, as confirmed by its recent inspection. Pupils thrive in a positive environment that fosters high expectations, encourages collaboration, and celebrates individuality. The school effectively prepares its students for secondary education, ensuring they are not only academically successful but also socially confident and well-rounded individuals. The curriculum is ambitious and well-implemented, enriching students’ knowledge across a wide range of subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils embody the school's 'ACORN' values and demonstrate high expectations in their learning.
• Teachers possess strong subject knowledge and effectively develop students' understanding.
• The school provides excellent support for pupils with SEND, ensuring their needs are met within the learning environment.
• Pupils engage in rich cultural experiences, promoting their understanding of diversity.
• Behaviour among pupils is exemplary, contributing to a harmonious school atmosphere.

Areas for Improvement

• Individual targets for pupils with SEND are not consistently precise enough to measure their learning outcomes.

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 Bressingham Primary School attended 97.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.4% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Bressingham 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 Bressingham Primary School had 15.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 10.8% of pupils at Bressingham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% 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 Bressingham Primary School received £6,672 and spent £6,432 for each of its 139 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £228,000 (£1,644 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 Bressingham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Bressingham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bressingham Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Bressingham Primary School have?

Bressingham Primary School has 139 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bressingham Primary School cover?

Bressingham Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bressingham Primary School?

Bressingham Primary School is at School Road, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2AR.