Cobholm Primary Academy

Cobholm Primary Academy is performing well overall, with strong standards in safeguarding, attendance, behavior, curriculum, and teaching. The school demonstrates a rigorous approach to promoting high attendance and ensuring pupils feel safe. Leaders have a clear understanding of the curriculum and provide an ambitious educational experience for all pupils, especially for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged pupils. Despite improvements in published outcomes, concerns remain regarding attainment levels, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics compared to national averages, which need ongoing attention.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, creating a safe environment for pupils.
• Strong focus on promoting high attendance and supporting families.
• Well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum that addresses pupils' needs.
• Effective phonics program and reading support for pupils.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers and effective adaptations for diverse learning needs.
• Early years curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, enhancing readiness for Year 1.
• Leaders quickly identify and reduce barriers to learning for all pupils.
• Positive personal development program enriching pupils' experiences and aspirations.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupil outcomes by the end of key stage 2 are below national averages.
• Continuous improvement is needed in reading, writing, and mathematics to align closer with national standards.

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 Cobholm Primary Academy attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Cobholm Primary 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 Cobholm Primary Academy had 18.9 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, 8.5% of pupils at Cobholm Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% 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 Cobholm Primary Academy received £7,395 and spent £8,057 for each of its 187 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £76,000 (£405 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Inspiration Trust, income was £8,318 and spending £8,382 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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All schools in Great Yarmouth · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Cobholm Primary Academy is part of Inspiration Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Great Yarmouth
• Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery Great Yarmouth
• Stradbroke Primary Academy Great Yarmouth
• East Point Academy Lowestoft
• Charles Darwin Primary School Norwich
• Jane Austen College Norwich
• Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School Norwich
• Hewett Academy Norwich
• Norwich Primary Academy Norwich
• Cringleford Prep Cringleford

What is Cobholm Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cobholm Primary Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Cobholm Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Cobholm Primary Academy was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Cobholm Primary Academy have?

Cobholm Primary Academy has 189 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cobholm Primary Academy cover?

Cobholm Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Cobholm Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cobholm Primary Academy?

Cobholm Primary Academy is at Mill Road, Cobholm, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0BA.