Hemblington Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Norwich · NR13 4QJ · Norfolk
Ages 5–11
- KS268%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM20.5%
- Demand1.00
1.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 120788
Blofield Primary School
Community school · Blofield · NR13 4PL
Ages 4–11 · 220 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
73%
Overall absence
4.7%
Admissions demand
1.03 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-06-30
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)73%
Higher standard (RWM)3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.0%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 191
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.03 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
30
Places offered
29
1st-preference offers
29
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 65
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 29
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill105%
220 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 220
- Boys / girls
- 115 / 105
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 220 / 210 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 7.3%
- FSM pupils
- 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Buxton
Location
- Address
- Plantation Road
- Postcode
- NR13 4PL
- Town
- Blofield
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Blofield, Norfolk, 220 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7.3%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Brundall Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Norwich · NR13 5JX · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM11.6%
- Demand1.03
1.2 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Norwich · NR13 5FA · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM9.9%
- Demand1.00
1.9 miles away
Lingwood Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Lingwood · NR13 4AZ · Norfolk
Ages 3–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM11.1%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
Surlingham Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Norwich · NR14 7DQ · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- KS2100%
- Absence3.4%
- FSM16.9%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Buxton
- Telephone
- 01603713386