Garvestone Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Norwich, Norfolk·NR9 4AD
Composite score
57.2
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#4,770
National rank
#485
In East of England
#44
In Norfolk
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
6 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
10
any preference, for 6 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Garvestone Community Primary 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
59
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,847
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Garvestone Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Norwich, Norfolk, Garvestone Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 59 pupils aged 4 to 11. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 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 top 32% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Garvestone Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. Garvestone Community Primary 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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