Southtown Primary School

Great Yarmouth · NR31 0HJ

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 183 pupils, 44.8% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Southtown Primary School

General Information

Address: Tamworth Lane, Southtown, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0HJ – View on map
Phone: 01493653908
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Ben Newstead
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 14 places – 10 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 8 · 2024 7 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

183 pupils out of 220 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 82
% eligible for free school meals: 44.8%
Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Great Yarmouth average)
English as an additional language: 32% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 26.3% a year (Great Yarmouth 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 55% moved to another school, 45% 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.

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: 10.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 33.0%
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

Resourced provision for Speech, language and communication 10 places · 8 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: 22.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 21 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 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

Ofsted report card April 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
Achievement Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 43% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (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 33% against an expected 66%)
3-year average (expected standard): 33%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 64% · Writing 68% · Maths 54% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
Average test scores: reading 102, maths 100
Based on: 28 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↗ Improving Up 15 percentage points since 2022/23. 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

#20Hemsby Primary School45%
=21Hillside Primary School43%
=21Southtown Primary School43%
=23Martham Academy and Nursery41%
=23Moorlands CofE Primary Academy41%

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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: £8,050 (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.

10th of 23 primary schools in Great Yarmouth for spending per pupil

#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

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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

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