St John's Community Primary School and NurseryColtishall Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Norwich.

Summary of the comparison

St John's Community Primary School and Nursery and Coltishall Primary School are primary schools in Norwich.

  • St John's Community Primary School and Nursery scores 35 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Coltishall Primary School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average). Coltishall Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St John's Community Primary School and Nursery was judged the expected standard and Coltishall 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 St John's Community Primary School and Nursery and 67.0% for Coltishall Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St John's Community Primary School and Nursery (30.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Coltishall Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St John's Community Primary School and Nursery versus Coltishall Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure NorwichSt John's Community Primary School and NurseryNorwichColtishall Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF35/100C63/100Stronger figure
Local ranking247th of 330 in Norfolk 51st of 330 in Norfolk Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll221 213
Capacity202 210
LocationNorwich, NR12 8NX Norwich, NR12 7HA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard48.0% 67.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 106.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census223 212
Free school meals (ever 6)22.1% 12.7%
English as an additional language2.2% 1.9%
SEN support9.4% 15.1%
SEN with an EHC plan3.1% 1.4%
Attendance
Overall absence5.2% 4.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence15.0% 9.7% 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.

St John's Community Primary School and Nursery

Coltishall Primary School

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