The Bawburgh School

Community school·Primary school Norwich, Norfolk·NR9 3LR
Composite score
64.1
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#2,832
National rank
#299
In East of England
#23
In Norfolk
Top 19%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
86%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
8 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
0.80
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
38
any preference, for 10 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820221.0020231.0020240.8020250.802026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Bawburgh School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
100
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,900
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

The Bawburgh School is a primary school serving Norwich, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 100 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 86% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 33.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 among the top 19% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The Bawburgh School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 8 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. The Bawburgh School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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 above.

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