Stalham Academy

Stalham Academy continues to perform well as a good school, maintaining a welcoming and supportive environment where pupils feel safe and engaged. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, promoting a love for learning and inclusivity, especially for students with special educational needs. Despite these strengths, there are areas where the curriculum's implementation is not yet consistent, which may affect pupils' understanding and overall educational progress. Leaders are proactive in seeking to address these issues, ensuring that all students receive appropriate challenges and support.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and are happy to attend school.
• The curriculum is effectively designed around five key drivers.
• Strong focus on personal development and well-being support.
• Effective strategies for enhancing reading skills.
• Pupils enjoy taking on leadership roles and participating in community activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clearly defined knowledge frameworks.
• Inconsistent adaptation of learning for all pupils.

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 Stalham Academy attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Stalham Academy 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 Stalham Academy had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.0% 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, 21.2% of pupils at Stalham Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 2024–25 Stalham Academy received £4,726 and spent £4,445 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £16,000 (-£69 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Broad Horizons Education Trust, income was £8,232 and spending £8,091 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Stalham Academy is part of Broad Horizons Education Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Stalham Infant School and Nursery Norwich
• East Ruston Infant School & Nursery Norwich
• Martham Academy and Nursery Great Yarmouth
• North Walsham Junior School North Walsham
• North Walsham Infant School North Walsham
• Hemblington Primary School Norwich
• Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich
• Dussindale Primary School Norwich
• Sprowston Community Academy Norwich
• Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe Norwich

What is Stalham Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stalham Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Stalham Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Stalham Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Stalham Academy have?

Stalham Academy has 217 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stalham Academy cover?

Stalham Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Stalham Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stalham Academy?

Stalham Academy is at Old Yarmouth Road, Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 9PS.