Nelson Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Downham Market, PE38 9PF
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School
Hillcrest, Bexwell Road, Downham Market, PE38 9ND
Local ranking115th of 333 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 71.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 411
- Boys
- 223 (54%)
- Girls
- 188 (46%)
- Capacity
- 420 (98% full)
- SEND
- 11.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.4%
- EAL
- 10.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 9.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,958/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.4%
- White Other: 8.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.0%
- Black Other: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
84.4%
White British
8.2%
White Other
1.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hillcrest
Downham Market, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 121013
- UKPRN
- 10077663
- Establishment No.
- 2411
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