White Woman Lane Junior School

Broadland · NR6 7JA

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 352 pupils, 19% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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White Woman Lane Junior School

General Information

Address: White Woman Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR6 7JA – View on map
Phone: 01603419203
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Ashley Best-White
Age range: 7-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

352 pupils out of 360 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 67
% eligible for free school meals: 19.0%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the Broadland average)
English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 3.4% a year (Broadland 14.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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

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About this Behaviour status

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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: 4.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 8.3%
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: 14.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 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

Outstanding 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 13 percentage points above the Broadland average (58%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 65%)
3-year average (expected standard): 66%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 84% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
Based on: 90 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 schoolBroadland averageEngland↗ Improving Up 9 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 13 percentage points above the Broadland average (58%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 3rd of 34 junior and primary schools in the area

=3Bure Valley School71%
=3Firside Junior School71%
=3White Woman Lane Junior School71%
#6Taverham VC CE Junior School69%
=7Coltishall Primary School67%

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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

#1Lingwood Primary Academy81%
#2Reepham Primary School77%
=3Bure Valley School71%
=3Firside Junior School71%
=3White Woman Lane Junior School71%
#6Taverham VC CE Junior School69%
=7Coltishall Primary School67%
=7Woodland View Junior School67%
#9Horsford CofE VA Primary School65%
=10Kinsale Junior School63%
=10Rackheath Primary School63%
=12Hevingham Primary School62%
=12Old Catton CofE VC Junior School62%
#14Frettenham Primary School56%
#15Blofield Primary School55%
#16Brundall Primary School54%
#17Fairhaven Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School53%
=18Falcon Junior School52%
=18Sprowston Junior School52%
=20Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School50%
=20Great Witchingham Church of England Primary Academy50%
=20Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe50%
=20St William's Primary School50%
#24Drayton CofE Junior School49%
=25Buxton Primary School48%
=25Little Plumstead Church of England Primary Academy48%
#27Cawston Church of England Primary Academy47%
#28Dussindale Primary School46%
#29Foulsham Primary School Academy44%
#30St Faiths CofE Primary School43%
#31Hemblington Primary School40%
#32St Michael's Church of England VA Primary and Nursery School38%
#33Acle Church of England Primary Academy32%
#34Salhouse CofE Primary School20%

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1st of 9 junior schools in Broadland for Ofsted rating

#1White Woman Lane Junior SchoolOutstanding
#2Bure Valley SchoolGood
#3Drayton CofE Junior SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1White Woman Lane Junior SchoolOutstanding
#2Bure Valley SchoolGood
#3Drayton CofE Junior SchoolGood
#4Falcon Junior SchoolGood
#5Firside Junior SchoolGood
#6Kinsale Junior SchoolGood
#7Old Catton CofE VC Junior SchoolGood
#8Sprowston Junior SchoolGood
#9Taverham VC CE Junior SchoolGood

Financials

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

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