Rocklands Community Primary School

Rocklands Community Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all areas assessed. The school fosters a safe and happy environment where older pupils support younger ones, and positive relationships are evident among staff and students. The implementation of an ambitious curriculum has resulted in students showing a rich understanding of their subjects and being well prepared for the next stage of their education. The curriculum is particularly strong in early years, ensuring that children develop essential skills effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported within the school community.
• High expectations lead to positive behaviour and a calm learning environment.
• Strong curriculum delivered effectively by well-trained staff.
• Early years provision is well-structured and supports skill development.
• Pupils with SEND receive strong support and successfully access the full curriculum.
• Parents express overwhelming positivity about the school's provisions.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always plan learning activities that build precisely on prior knowledge.
• The curriculum lacks opportunities for pupils to recap prior learning.

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 Rocklands Community Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.0% 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 Rocklands Community 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 Rocklands Community Primary School had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 19.2% of pupils at Rocklands Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% 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 2020–21 Rocklands Community Primary School received £5,423 and spent £5,435 for each of its 74 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £34,000 (£464 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 Rocklands Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rocklands Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Rocklands Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rocklands Community Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Rocklands Community Primary School have?

Rocklands Community Primary School has 73 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rocklands Community Primary School cover?

Rocklands Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rocklands Community Primary School?

Rocklands Community Primary School is at 74 The Street, Rockland All Saints, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1TP.