North Denes Primary School and NurseryNorthgate Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Great Yarmouth.

Summary of the comparison

North Denes Primary School and Nursery and Northgate Primary School are primary schools in Great Yarmouth.

North Denes Primary School and Nursery scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Northgate Primary School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). North Denes Primary School and Nursery is ahead on our composite score.
North Denes Primary School and Nursery was judged Good and Northgate Primary School was judged the expected standard.
On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 48.0% for North Denes Primary School and Nursery and 37.0% for Northgate Primary School.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at North Denes Primary School and Nursery (54.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Northgate Primary School (48.0% in 2022-23, 37.0% in 2024-25).

North Denes Primary School and Nursery versus Northgate Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Great YarmouthNorth Denes Primary School and Nursery	Great YarmouthNorthgate Primary School	England average
Overview
Our score	C55/100Stronger figure	D52/100
Local ranking	108th of 333 in Norfolk Stronger figure	125th of 333 in Norfolk
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-11	3-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	395	413
Capacity	420	420
Location	Great Yarmouth, NR30 4HF	Great Yarmouth, NR30 1BP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	48.0% Stronger figure	37.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	0.0%	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	103.0 Stronger figure	102.0	106.0
Maths average scaled score	104.0 Stronger figure	102.0	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	395	413
Free school meals (ever 6)	46.2%	42.9%
English as an additional language	16.5%	18.2%
SEN support	14.9%	13.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	3.8%	6.8%
Attendance
Overall absence	7.4%	6.8% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	22.4%	19.8% Stronger figure	15.8%

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.