Barford Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Norwich, Norfolk
NR9 4AB
Composite score
36.4

Barford Primary School at a glance

Located in Norwich, Norfolk, Barford Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 98 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 18.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). If you are considering Barford Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#11,996
National rank
#1314
In East of England
#170
In Norfolk
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

School profile

Pupils on roll 98 % FSM ever-6 15.3% % EAL 10.2% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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