Earsham CE VA Primary School
School Road, Earsham, Nr Bungay, NR35 2TF
This school is closed (it closed in October 2023).
It was replaced by Earsham Church of England Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Heather Brand
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
- Constituency
- South Norfolk
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 91
- URN
- 121114
- Local authority
- Norfolk
About this school
Earsham CE VA Primary School was a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Nr Bungay. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 91 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Earsham CE VA Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 94% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Earsham CE VA Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Norfolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Earsham CE VA Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 12.1% | 91 | — |
| Earsham Church of England Primary Academy | 73% | 3.5% | 16.5% | 65 | 0.0 miles |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 23% | 5.9% | 38.2% | 60 | 0.8 miles |
| Bungay Primary School | 36% | 6.7% | 39.2% | 237 | 0.9 miles |
| Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy | 45% | 4% | 15.9% | 65 | 1.8 miles |
| Ellingham VC Primary School | 30% | 5.7% | 25.8% | 88 | 3.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.1%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.4%
- Persistent absence
- 8.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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Earsham Church of England Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Nr Bungay
-
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bungay
-
Bungay Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bungay
-
Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy1.8 miles
Primary · Bungay
-
Ellingham VC Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Bungay
Other schools in Nr Bungay
Common questions
- What ages does Earsham CE VA Primary School teach?
- Earsham CE VA Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Nr Bungay.
- Has Earsham CE VA Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Earsham CE VA Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Earsham CE VA Primary School?
- Earsham CE VA Primary School had 91 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Earsham CE VA Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Earsham CE VA Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Earsham CE VA Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 October 2023.