Hillside Primary School

Great Yarmouth · NR31 8PA

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 212 pupils, 11.8% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

Parent score Rate this school No reviews yet - be the first SEN SEN unit + resourced provision · 13.2% on SEN support Behaviour Typical record Staff 8.1% turnover Financials £8,350 per pupil Environment Buildings and facilities

FOI Transparency How openly this school shares data

Cooperative 70 /100

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Hillside Primary School

General Information

Address: Lords Lane, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth, NR31 8PA – View on map
Phone: 01493661399
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Simon Minter
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 24 places – 10 for every 10 places. 92% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 22 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

212 pupils out of 210 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 25
% eligible for free school meals: 11.8%
Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Great Yarmouth average)
English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 8.1% a year (Great Yarmouth 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.

Behaviour

Typical record 2025/26

About this Behaviour status

Based on real data requested under Freedom of Information, compared against other schools of the same type that have also responded - not a judgement on any single figure alone.

Reading the numbers: higher figures below often mean a school records thoroughly and takes concerns seriously, rather than more incidents happening. A school reporting unusually low figures sometimes has a reporting gap rather than a problem-free intake. If a figure stands out, it's worth asking the school how it records.

Data year: 2025/26
Bullying incidents: <5
Physical aggression / violence incidents: 190
Child protection referrals: 6
Safeguarding concerns: 154
Racist incidents: <5
Suspensions (fixed-term exclusions): 0
Permanent exclusions: 0

See the bullying figures for every school in Great Yarmouth →

Figures may show "<5" for some schools.

What does "<5" mean?

A figure shown as "<5" means the real number is below 5 - the standard convention for this kind of data, used to avoid identifying individual pupils. Different schools may also record and define incidents differently, so read comparisons with care.

1st of 3 primary schools in Great Yarmouth for behaviour

#1Hillside Primary School50%
#2Hopton Church of England Primary Academy50%
#3Winterton Primary School and Nursery50%

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Behaviour ranking

Each school's score (out of 100) reflects how it compares to other schools in the area across all reported behaviour metrics — bullying, physical aggression, safeguarding referrals and racist incidents. A higher score means fewer reported incidents relative to peers. Ranked by real FOI-reported figures. Schools that have declined to provide this data sit at the bottom — refusing a legal request is treated as worse than any honestly-reported result.

Rank School Score

#1Hillside Primary School50%
#2Hopton Church of England Primary Academy50%
#3Winterton Primary School and Nursery50%

Across Norfolk: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 26 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Norfolk (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 6.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 12.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

SEN unit for Moderate learning difficulties 20 places · 20 pupils at the last count
Resourced provision for Moderate learning difficulties 6 places · 6 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 13.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.9%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 13 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Vision impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Behaviour

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Ability to Deal with Problems

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Headteacher Approval

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Wraparound CareWraparound Care (parent rating)How parents rate the school's breakfast and after-school clubs - availability, cost and quality. Only asked for infant, junior and primary schools, where it matters most for working parents.

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This score reflects how openly the school responded to our Freedom of Information request. Schools that withhold information are rated lower — even the act of hiding data tells parents something about a school’s openness.

Response: Full response (+60)
Timeliness: Response date not recorded (+10)
Optional data: No optional data (+0)

Exemplary (80–100) · Cooperative (60–79) · Reluctant (40–59) · Obstructive (20–39) · Opaque (0–19)

Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 43% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 13 percentage points below the Great Yarmouth average (56%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 48% against an expected 67%)
3-year average (expected standard): 48%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 63% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 53%
Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
Based on: 30 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolGreat Yarmouth averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 13 percentage points below the Great Yarmouth average (56%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 21st of 27 junior and primary schools in the area

#19Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy47%
#20Hemsby Primary School45%
=21Hillside Primary School43%
=21Southtown Primary School43%
=23Martham Academy and Nursery41%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Stradbroke Primary Academy87%
#2Ormiston Herman Academy82%
#3Filby Primary School73%
#4Ormiston Cliff Park Primary Academy72%
#5Caister Junior School71%
#6Ormesby Village Junior School70%
#7Hopton Church of England Primary Academy68%
#8Rollesby Primary School65%
=9St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery60%
=9Woodlands Primary Academy60%
#11Cobholm Primary Academy59%
=12Fleggburgh CofE Primary School57%
=12St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School57%
=14Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery56%
=14Wroughton Junior Academy56%
#16Homefield VC CofE Primary School55%
#17Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy49%
#18North Denes Primary School and Nursery48%
#19Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy47%
#20Hemsby Primary School45%
=21Hillside Primary School43%
=21Southtown Primary School43%
=23Martham Academy and Nursery41%
=23Moorlands CofE Primary Academy41%
#25Northgate Primary School37%
#26Winterton Primary School and Nursery33%
#27St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth30%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,350 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

5th of 23 primary schools in Great Yarmouth for spending per pupil

#3St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth£9,064
#4Rollesby Primary School£8,488
#5Hillside Primary School£8,350
#6Winterton Primary School and Nursery£8,338
#7Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy£8,338

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Fleggburgh CofE Primary School£10,102
#2Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy£9,497
#3St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth£9,064
#4Rollesby Primary School£8,488
#5Hillside Primary School£8,350
#6Winterton Primary School and Nursery£8,338
#7Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy£8,338
#8Hemsby Primary School£8,222
#9St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery£8,051
#10Southtown Primary School£8,050
#11St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School£7,600
#12Cobholm Primary Academy£7,128
#13Stradbroke Primary Academy£7,101
#14North Denes Primary School and Nursery£7,089
#15Filby Primary School£7,051
#16Martham Academy and Nursery£6,835
#17Northgate Primary School£6,736
#18Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery£6,637
#19Ormiston Herman Academy£6,306
#20Woodlands Primary Academy£6,229
#21Ormiston Cliff Park Primary Academy£5,971
#22Hopton Church of England Primary Academy£5,881
#23Homefield VC CofE Primary School£5,725

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

Environment

Data received 2025/26

About this Environment status

Based on real information requested under Freedom of Information, covering step-free access, specialist facilities, classroom climate, and technology provision.

Accessibility

Step-free for pupils, staff and visitors: No
Overall accessibility: Mostly - We have changing and showering facilities.
Lifts for pupil use: No
Accessible toilets: Yes
Changing Places facility: Yes
Sensory room: No
Other accessibility facilities: We have a Local Authority Specialist Resource Base (SRB) and an Enhanced Specialist Provision (ESP).

Climate

Classrooms with air conditioning: 0%
Mechanical ventilation: Yes - some classrooms
Air cooling units: No
Shaded outdoor areas: Yes
Heatwave procedures: Yes - written procedure

Technology

Pupil devices (approx.): 40
Pupils per device: 5:1 or more
Digital display in every classroom: Yes
Interactive whiteboards: Yes - all classrooms
1:1 pupil device programme: No
Coding / robotics equipment: Yes
Assistive technology for SEND pupils: Yes - Clicker

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