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Pulham Church of England Primary Academy

Harleston Road, Pulham Market, Diss, IP21 4SZ

Ofsted: Requires improvement

Primary

Phase

105

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

School history and successor

Continues from Pulham Church of England Primary School (URN 121051) since 1 May 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 10 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Requires improvement
Early years
Requires improvement

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25
Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
33.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
0.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected)
53.0%
Writing (Expected)
67.0%
Maths (Expected)
33.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
67.0%
Reading avg scaled score
104.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score
97.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score
103.0
Cohort Size
15

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
109
Capacity
105 (0% full)
SEND
23.9%
FSM Eligible
25.7%
EAL
5.5%
SEN with EHC Plan
6.4%
SEN Support
17.4%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
21.8:1
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Budget per Pupil
£1,358/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
5.6% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
14.6% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Religious Character
Church of England
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Boarders
No boarders
Admissions
Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25
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  • White British: 93.5%
  • Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
  • Other: 1.9%
  • White Irish: 0.9%
  • White Other: 0.9%
  • Gypsy/Roma: 0.9%

93.5%

White British

1.9%

Mixed White & Black African

1.9%

Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

Harleston Road

Diss, East of England

Administrative

URN
151676
UKPRN
10097637
Establishment No.
3061
Trust
THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH ST BENET'S MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

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