Rosecroft Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Attleborough, Norfolk·NR17 1BE
Composite score
43.7
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#9,622
National rank
#1043
In East of England
#114
In Norfolk
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
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
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
52 first choices, 57 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
87
any preference, for 57 places

Every child who put Rosecroft 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
503
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£2,536
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Rosecroft Primary School at a glance

Located in Attleborough, Norfolk, Rosecroft Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 503 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 60% 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 7.0 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 Rosecroft Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 57 Reception places. If you are considering Rosecroft 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.

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