Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery SchoolLingwood Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School and Lingwood Primary Academy are primary schools.

  • Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School scores 47 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Lingwood Primary Academy scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). Lingwood Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School was judged the expected standard and Lingwood Primary Academy was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 50.0% for Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School and 81.0% for Lingwood Primary Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School (64.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Lingwood Primary Academy (53.0% in 2022-23, 81.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School versus Lingwood Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure NorwichFreethorpe Community Primary and Nursery SchoolLingwoodLingwood Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD47/100C55/100Stronger figure
Local ranking162nd of 330 in Norfolk 106th of 330 in Norfolk Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll176 208
Capacity202 210
LocationNorwich, NR13 3NZ Lingwood, NR13 4AZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard50.0% 81.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard6.0% 10.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census156 206
Free school meals (ever 6)15.8% 14.3%
English as an additional language0.0% 2.9%
SEN support21.8% 16.5%
SEN with an EHC plan1.3% 3.9%
Attendance
Overall absence4.5% 4.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence7.6% 7.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School

Lingwood Primary Academy

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