Cromer Junior School

Cromer Junior School demonstrates a good level of overall effectiveness with several strengths noted across the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. With a newly adopted curriculum, the school has made progress in improving the educational experiences of its pupils, ensuring they feel valued and cared for. The school's ability to cultivate a supportive atmosphere fosters engagement and enjoyment in learning, contributing positively to students' personal skills development through various clubs and projects.

Strengths

• Pupils feel known, cared for and valued.
• High expectations set for pupil learning and achievement.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Recent curriculum enhancements have improved writing and knowledge retention.
• Strong emphasis on reading, supported by a new library and librarian.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff are still adapting to the new curriculum, affecting depth of knowledge in lessons.
• Inconsistent behaviour expectations leading to lack of politeness and respect in some areas.

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 Cromer Junior School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.3% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Cromer 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 Cromer Junior School had 20.7 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, 23.5% of pupils at Cromer Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.4% 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 Cromer Junior School received £7,295 and spent £7,459 for each of its 260 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £72,000 (-£277 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Synergy Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,470 and spending £7,697 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 Cromer · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Cromer Junior School is part of Synergy Multi Academy Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Gresham Village School and Nursery Norwich
• Antingham and Southrepps Primary School Norwich
• Sheringham High School Sheringham
• Corpusty Primary School Norwich
• Astley Primary School Melton Constable
• Stalham High School Norwich
• Reepham Primary School Norwich
• Reepham High School and College Norwich
• Foulsham Primary School Academy Dereham
• Bawdeswell Community Primary School Dereham

What is Cromer Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cromer Junior School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Cromer Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cromer Junior School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Cromer Junior School have?

Cromer Junior School has 255 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cromer Junior School cover?

Cromer Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cromer Junior School?

Cromer Junior School is at Norwich Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0EX.