Roydon Primary School

Community school·Primary school Diss, Norfolk·IP22 5QU
Composite score
36.6
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#11,965
National rank
#1309
In East of England
#168
In Norfolk
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
51%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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
72%
40 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.38
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 29 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.38
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0020221.2620231.0020241.0020251.382026

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

Norfolk does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Roydon Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
265
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,450
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Roydon Primary School

Roydon Primary School is a primary school in Diss, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 265 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 12.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 72% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (40 first choices for 29 places). Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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