Southtown Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

NorfolkLocal Authority

Great YarmouthConstituency

NR31 0HJPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Southtown Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Norfolk, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 183 pupils. Southtown Primary School is part of KINGFISHER SCHOOLS TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 28%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 97

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

183

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

32%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 183
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: KINGFISHER SCHOOLS TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Sept 2023	Good	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
5 Jan 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.