West Earlham Junior School is a primary school located in Norwich. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 27/01/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in reading and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Scarnell Road, Norwich

School Information

Address: Scarnell Road, Norwich, NR5 8HT
Website: www.wejs.co.uk/
Telephone: 01603454569
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Norfolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs C Parry-Jones
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 120958

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 27/01/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 240
Number of Pupils: 232
Number of Boys: 121
Number of Girls: 111

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -4.8 Confidence interval -6.4 to -3.3
Writing
Average: -0.6 Confidence interval -2.1 to 0.8
Maths
Well Below Average: -4 Confidence interval -5.4 to -2.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:41%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:99
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:100
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4Earlham Nursery School
Cadge Road, NR5 8DB
657 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4West Earlham Infant and Nursery School
Scarnell Road, NR5 8HT
0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4West Earlham Junior School
Scarnell Road, NR5 8HT
0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Norwich Primary Academy
Clarkson Road, NR5 8ED
724 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Henderson Green Primary School
Earlham Grove, NR5 8DX
950 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
- not ratedBluebell Primary School
Lovelace Road, NR4 7DS
1,137 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4City Academy Norwich
299 Bluebell Road, NR4 7LP
617 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Ormiston Victory Academy
Middleton Crescent, Costessey NR5 0PX
3,177 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedFuture Education
168b Motum Road, NR5 8EG
671 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedUniversity of East Anglia
The Registry, University Plain NR4 7TJ
1,139 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedBanks House School
55a Norwich Road, NR5 0EQ
1,743 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Eaton Hall Specialist Academy
Pettus Road, NR4 7BU
2,064 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
4out of 4The Parkside School, Norwich
College Road, NR2 3JA
2,110 yd Foundation special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.