Moorlands CofE Primary Academy

Great Yarmouth · NR31 9PA

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 282 pupils, 19.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Moorlands CofE Primary Academy

General Information

Address: Moorland Way, Belton, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9PA – View on map
Phone: 01493780007
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Ryan Freeman
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 32 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 8 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

282 pupils out of 384 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 55
% eligible for free school meals: 19.5%
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: 5.2% a year (Great Yarmouth 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 5.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 14.9%
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

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 9.9%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 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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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 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: 41% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 15 percentage points below the Great Yarmouth average (56%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 48% against an expected 62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 48%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 51% · Maths 61% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 46%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 101
Based on: 41 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 15 percentage points below the Great Yarmouth average (56%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 23rd of 27 junior and primary schools in the area

=21Southtown Primary School43%
=23Martham Academy and Nursery41%
=23Moorlands CofE Primary Academy41%
#25Northgate Primary School37%
#26Winterton Primary School and Nursery33%

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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, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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

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