Kenninghall Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Primary
NR16 2EJ · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- KS244%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM14.4%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 121149
St Andrew's CofE VA Primary School, Lopham
Voluntary aided school · Diss · IP22 2LR
Ages 4–11 · 12 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
Requires improvement
KS2 expected (RWM)
50%
Overall absence
5.3%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-02-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)50%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)21.6%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 37
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
1
Places offered
1
1st-preference offers
1
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 4
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 1
- 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 fill17%
12 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 12
- Boys / girls
- 8 / 4
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 12 / 70 (17%)
- Free school meals
- 50%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Federation
- The Saints Federation
- Headteacher
- Mrs Esme Sexton
Location
- Address
- The Street, North Lopham, The Street
- Postcode
- IP22 2LR
- Town
- Diss
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Diss, Norfolk, 12 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 50%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Norwich.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Garboldisham Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Diss · IP22 2SE · Norfolk
Ages 5–11
- KS258%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM15.3%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
Bressingham Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Primary
Diss · IP22 2AR · Norfolk
Ages 5–11
- KS280%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM8.6%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Esme Sexton
- Telephone
- 01379687253