Costessey Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Norwich, NR5 0RR
- Distance
- 1.6km away
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey
Westend, Old Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5AG
Local ranking77th of 330 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
345
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 56.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 9.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 315
- Boys
- 153 (49%)
- Girls
- 162 (51%)
- Capacity
- 345 (91% full)
- SEND
- 17.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.6%
- EAL
- 42.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,340/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 48.2%
- Black African: 11.7%
- Asian Indian: 10.8%
- White Other: 9.1%
- Asian Chinese: 3.9%
- Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
48.2%
White British
11.7%
Black African
10.8%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Westend
Norwich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 142730
- UKPRN
- 10056125
- Establishment No.
- 3376
- Trust
- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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