Caister Junior School

Caister Junior School continues to demonstrate good performance overall, fostering a positive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe, happy, and engaged in their learning. Notable strengths include a rich curriculum that is well-structured, clear behavioral expectations, and effective support for pupils with special educational needs. The school's commitment to enriching the educational experience through various clubs and trips also stands out as a key aspect of its mission. However, the school identifies areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that the sequence of the curriculum enhances learning connections and in standardizing expectations for written work to address variability in grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Overall, while the school has a strong foundation in place, addressing these concerns will help further elevate student outcomes and readiness for future learning challenges.

Strengths

• Pupils are confident and respectful citizens.
• The school has a rich, broad curriculum.
• Teachers effectively check and build upon prior learning.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Pupils enjoy well-selected books that promote empathy and discussion.
• Effective attendance monitoring and improvement support.
• Strong emphasis on equality, diversity, and character-building activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum sequencing does not reinforce connections in learning.
• Variability in the standard of pupils' written work due to inconsistent checks on grammar and punctuation.

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 Caister Junior School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.8% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Caister Junior 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 Caister Junior School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.1% 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, 29.6% of pupils at Caister Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 Caister Junior School received £8,330 and spent £8,310 for each of its 324 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £21,000 (-£66 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 Caister Junior School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Caister Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Caister Junior School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Caister Junior School have?

Caister Junior School has 324 pupils on roll.

What age range does Caister Junior School cover?

Caister Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Caister Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Caister Junior School?

Caister Junior School is at Caister Junior School, Kingston Avenue, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 5ET.