Spooner Row Primary School

Spooner Row Primary School is performing well overall, exhibiting strong standards in various domains. The school has a robust safeguarding culture and an inclusive environment that supports the diverse needs of its pupils. With a focus on early years education and phonics, children are well-prepared for their next stage of learning. Notably, the school has shown commendable progress in reading and writing, which consistently meets or exceeds national averages. Although there are some concerns regarding multiplication table checks, leaders are proactive in addressing these areas for improvement.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupil safety and well-being.
• Warm and trusting relationships fostered between staff and pupils.
• Ambitious and carefully sequenced curriculum supporting pupil engagement.
• High prioritization of reading and phonics from the Reception Year.
• Inclusive approach catering effectively to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Historically weaker achievement in multiplication tables check.
• Inconsistent checks on learning affecting depth of curriculum understanding.

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 Spooner Row Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Spooner Row 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 Spooner Row Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% 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, 11.2% of pupils at Spooner Row Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Spooner Row Primary School received £7,174 and spent £7,102 for each of its 104 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £107,000 (£1,029 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Enrich Learning Trust, income was £7,395 and spending £7,499 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 Wymondham · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Spooner Row Primary School is part of Enrich Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Wymondham High Academy Wymondham
• Long Stratton High School Norwich
• Kenninghall Primary School
• Diss High School Diss
• Taverham High School Norwich
• Dereham Neatherd High School Dereham
• Millfield Primary School North Walsham
• North Walsham High School North Walsham

What is Spooner Row Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Spooner Row Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Spooner Row Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Spooner Row Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Spooner Row Primary School have?

Spooner Row Primary School has 107 pupils on roll.

What age range does Spooner Row Primary School cover?

Spooner Row Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Spooner Row Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Spooner Row Primary School?

Spooner Row Primary School is at Station Road, Spooner Row, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9JR.