Southtown Primary School

Southtown Primary School at a glance

Located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Southtown Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 192 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 43% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 15.0 percentage points year on 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 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Southtown Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 14 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 9.3%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Southtown 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 above.