Tivetshall Community Primary School

Tivetshall Community Primary School is performing at a strong standard overall, providing a safe and inclusive environment for its pupils. Leaders have made significant improvements in securing consistent behaviour and enhancing attendance rates. The school effectively supports disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs or disabilities, enabling them to thrive. The warm relationships among staff, pupils, and families contribute to a positive school culture, fostering good emotional and social development in students.

Strengths

• Strong focus on safeguarding, making pupils feel safe and cared for.
• Inclusive culture that supports disadvantaged pupils effectively.
• Well-established support for pupils with SEND.
• High-quality training for staff that enables effective teaching.
• Positive relationships with families enhance the school's community feel.
• Consistent approach to behaviour management resulting in calm classrooms.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have gaps in key knowledge that need addressing.
• Tasks sometimes lack alignment with students' learning needs.
• Quality of writing across subjects requires improvement.

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 2023–24 pupils at Tivetshall Community Primary School attended 90.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.5%). 29.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 14.6%).

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 2023–24, 35.7% of pupils at Tivetshall Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.0%). 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 2023–24 Tivetshall Community Primary School had 12.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.8). Of its teachers in 2023–24, 83.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 17.1%).

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 2023–24 Tivetshall Community Primary School received £14,222 and spent £17,502 for each of its 28 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £14,000 (£491 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Sapientia Education Trust, income was £9,781 and spending £9,552 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 Norwich · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Tivetshall Community Primary School is part of Sapientia Education Trust, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Burston Community Primary School Diss
• Old Buckenham High School Attleborough
• Old Buckenham Primary School Attleborough
• Stradbroke High School Eye
• Attleborough Primary School Attleborough
• Attleborough Academy Attleborough
• Wymondham College Wymondham
• Wymondham College Prep School Wymondham
• Rosecroft Primary School Attleborough
• Seething and Mundham Primary School Norwich

What is Tivetshall Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tivetshall Community Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Tivetshall Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tivetshall Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Tivetshall Community Primary School have?

Tivetshall Community Primary School has 19 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tivetshall Community Primary School cover?

Tivetshall Community Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

Where is Tivetshall Community Primary School?

Tivetshall Community Primary School is at School Road, Tivetshall St Mary, Norwich, Norfolk, NR15 2BP.