Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Downham Market, PE38 9ND
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Nelson Academy
Nursery Road, Downham Market, PE38 9PF
Local ranking146th of 333 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
378
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 63.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 57
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 403
- Boys
- 220 (55%)
- Girls
- 183 (45%)
- Capacity
- 378 (107% full)
- SEND
- 24.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.0%
- EAL
- 19.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.7%
- SEN Support
- 16.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,584/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.5%
- White Other: 14.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.8%
76.5%
White British
14.7%
White Other
2.3%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Nursery Road
Downham Market, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 140363
- UKPRN
- 10044154
- Establishment No.
- 2053
- Trust
- EASTERN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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