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Attleborough Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 365 pupils Attleborough
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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Attleborough Primary School is an academy converter in Attleborough for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 365 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Attleborough Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in October 2024 of its predecessor, Attleborough Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Besthorpe Road
Attleborough
Norfolk
NR17 2NA
Reference Number 151655

General Makeup

Number of pupils 365
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.67%
Girls: 52.33%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 21.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 17.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 22 23 45
2 25 33 58
3 25 32 57
4 28 25 53
5 26 33 59
6 28 27 55

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.4%
White, Other 11.2%
Indian 4.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
White & Asian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Mixed, Other 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Attleborough Primary School, inspected in October 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 33 4
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Attleborough Primary School had 371 pupils for 432 places. 61 places (14.1%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Attleborough Primary Phase” planning area

Norfolk counted 155 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 167 in 2029–30, up 8%.

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 2025–26 Attleborough Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 12.9
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 16.2% of pupils at Attleborough Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 22 5
Social, emotional and mental health 14 6
Moderate learning difficulty 16 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 3
Specific learning difficulty 3 1
Physical disability 1 1
Vision impairment 0 2
Other difficulty or disability 1 0

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.

Name Distance
Rosecroft Primary School
London Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1BE
1.25 miles
Wymondham College Prep School
Golf Links Road, Morley, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9SZ
2.32 miles
Great Ellingham Primary School
Hingham Road, Great Ellingham, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1HX
2.4 miles
Old Buckenham Primary School
Abbey Road, Old Buckenham, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1RH
2.44 miles
Morley Church of England Primary Academy
Deopham Road, Morley St. Botolph, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9TS
2.7 miles
Spooner Row Primary School
Station Road, Spooner Row, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9JR
2.85 miles
Rocklands Community Primary School
74 The Street, Rockland All Saints, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1TP
3.83 miles
Wicklewood Primary School and Nursery
Hackford Road, Wicklewood, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9QJ
4.29 miles
Carleton Rode Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Church Road, Carleton Rode, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 1RW
4.35 miles
Hingham Primary School
Hardingham Street, Hingham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 4JB
4.58 miles
Banham Primary School
Crown Street, Banham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2EX
4.74 miles
Bunwell Primary School
The Turnpike, Bunwell, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 1SN
4.87 miles
Name Distance
Attleborough Academy
9 Norwich Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2AJ
0.15 miles
Wymondham College
Golf Links Road, Morley, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9SZ
2.32 miles
Chapel Green School
Attleborough Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, NR17 1RF
2.44 miles
Old Buckenham High School
Abbey Road, Old Buckenham, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1RL
2.54 miles
Acorn Park School
Andrews Furlong, Mill Road, Banham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2HU
4.46 miles
Aurora Eccles School
Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ
4.49 miles
Aurora White House School
Quidenham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2NZ
4.49 miles

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

What is Attleborough Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Attleborough Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in October 2024 of its predecessor, Attleborough Primary School.

When was Attleborough Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Attleborough Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Attleborough Primary School have?

Attleborough Primary School has 365 pupils on roll.

What age range does Attleborough Primary School cover?

Attleborough Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Attleborough Primary School?

Attleborough Primary School is at Besthorpe Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2NA.

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