Ormesby Village Junior School

Ormesby Village Junior School is a small, welcoming junior school that is performing well overall. Inspectors found the quality of education, personal development and leadership and management to be good, while behaviour and attitudes were outstanding. Pupils are happy, safe and exceptionally well behaved, and they benefit from an ambitious curriculum, strong reading provision and a highly inclusive approach to pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Attendance has improved markedly and is now above the national average, and parents overwhelmingly value the school. The school’s main areas for development are in the precision of teaching and assessment. Some learning activities do not consistently enable pupils to meet the school’s ambitious curriculum aims, so a few pupils do not learn as well as they could. In addition, some staff do not systematically identify misconceptions and errors in pupils’ written work, which means some pupils continue to make the same mistakes. Leaders are already working on these areas and are well placed to improve further. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was carried out under the graded inspection arrangements introduced from September 2024, so no overall effectiveness grade was given. The school is a community junior school for pupils aged 7 to 11, with 122 pupils on roll.

Strengths

• Pupils behave exceptionally well and feel happy and safe.
• Staff prioritise pupils’ physical and mental well-being and pupils support each other.
• The curriculum is ambitious and carefully sequenced to build on prior learning.
• Reading is a priority and pupils read with confidence and expression.
• Pupils who fall behind in reading receive immediate support and catch up.
• Provision for pupils with SEND is strong, with precise guidance for teachers.
• Pupils are respectful, open-minded and intolerant of prejudice.
• Pupils have many opportunities to contribute to school life and develop leadership skills.
• Leaders’ actions to improve attendance have been exemplary.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some learning activities do not enable pupils to achieve the ambitious curriculum aims.
• Some staff do not consistently identify misconceptions and errors in pupils’ written work.
• Some pupils continue to make the same mistakes because next steps are not systematically provided.

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 Ormesby Village Junior School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.2% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Ormesby Village 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 Ormesby Village Junior School had 28.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 19.3% of pupils at Ormesby Village Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.0% 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 Ormesby Village Junior School received £7,916 and spent £7,679 for each of its 114 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £101,000 (£883 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 Ormesby Village Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ormesby Village Junior School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Ormesby Village Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ormesby Village Junior School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Ormesby Village Junior School have?

Ormesby Village Junior School has 114 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ormesby Village Junior School cover?

Ormesby Village Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ormesby Village Junior School?

Ormesby Village Junior School is at North Road, Ormesby St Margaret, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 3LA.