Hempnall Primary School

Hempnall Primary School demonstrates good overall effectiveness, supported by a strong governance framework and a commitment to providing quality education. Pupils thrive in a positive and respectful environment, which nurtures their happiness and encourages their personal development. The school's curriculum has been thoughtfully revised to enhance knowledge retention and vocabulary development, particularly in subjects like geography and reading. Leaders emphasize the importance of emotional support, ensuring that children receive well-being assistance when necessary. While the school has many strengths, including effective phonics instruction and a supportive early years provision, there are areas that require attention. Some teachers are still in the process of refining their instructional methods in certain subjects, which occasionally leads to less effective teaching approaches. Additionally, there are opportunities to improve the timely support provided to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Overall, the leadership team is responsive and proactive in addressing these areas for improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and make lots of friends.
• The curriculum effectively emphasizes vocabulary development.
• Teachers teach with clarity and precision.
• Strong focus on reading, with effective phonics instruction.
• Early years provision is well-planned and supports child development.
• Pupils appreciate and enjoy a variety of extracurricular opportunities.
• Leaders provide emotional support to help pupils overcome learning barriers.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff are still learning how to refine their teaching.
• Monitoring of SEND support could be more efficient.
• Some early years routines are not as well established.
• Communication with stakeholders could be more consistent.

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 Hempnall Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.6% 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 Hempnall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Hempnall Primary School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.8% 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, 18.7% of pupils at Hempnall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Hempnall Primary School received £7,368 and spent £6,827 for each of its 155 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£52 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 Hempnall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hempnall Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Hempnall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hempnall Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Hempnall Primary School have?

Hempnall Primary School has 155 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hempnall Primary School cover?

Hempnall Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hempnall Primary School?

Hempnall Primary School is at The Street, Hempnall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR15 2AD.