South Wootton Junior School

South Wootton Junior School continues to be a good school that fosters a welcoming and safe environment for its pupils. The community spirit is strong, with students exhibiting positive attitudes and enthusiasm towards learning. The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum that is effectively sequenced, allowing students to recall prior knowledge and stay engaged in their studies. Support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities is well-implemented, ensuring they make progress alongside their peers. However, some parents have expressed concerns regarding the management of behavior and bullying, suggesting a need for improved communication and engagement with the school community.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported in a friendly school environment.
• The curriculum is broad, balanced, and well-sequenced.
• Reading is prioritized with effective support for weaker readers.
• High expectations are set for pupils with special educational needs.
• Most pupils display positive attitudes and enthusiasm for learning.
• Teachers provide clear instructions and maintain low disruption levels in class.
• There are various extracurricular activities and leadership opportunities for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some parents feel that behavior and bullying are not effectively managed.
• A small number of pupils are unaware of available opportunities beyond the formal curriculum.

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 South Wootton Junior School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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, 1.3% of pupils at South Wootton 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 South Wootton Junior School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.2% 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, 12.1% of pupils at South Wootton Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 South Wootton Junior School received £6,352 and spent £6,299 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £64,000 (£284 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 South Wootton Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for South Wootton Junior School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was South Wootton Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

South Wootton Junior School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does South Wootton Junior School have?

South Wootton Junior School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does South Wootton Junior School cover?

South Wootton Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is South Wootton Junior School?

South Wootton Junior School is at Hall Lane, South Wootton, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 3JZ.