Cobholm Primary Academy

About Cobholm Primary Academy

Cobholm Primary Academy is a school that parents clearly want to get into. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 39 applications for just 22 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.77. Of those, 21 were first-preference applications, and 21 first-preference offers were made, meaning that every family who put it as their top choice secured a spot. This level of demand suggests a strong local reputation, even though the school doesn't publish a parent-view recommendation percentage. The school is a state-funded primary for mixed genders aged 3 to 11, with a nursery provision, and sits in Great Yarmouth within Norfolk. It has a non-religious character and is led by headteacher Danielle Sargeant. With 187 pupils on roll against a capacity of 262, there is some physical room to grow, but the oversubscription figures show that popularity is already outpacing available spaces.

Academically, Cobholm presents a mixed picture. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2021, the school was rated Good across all five categories: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This was a clear improvement from its previous inspection in 2017, when it was rated Requires Improvement overall. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is well below the Norfolk local authority average of 52% for similar schools. In individual subjects, 56% met expectations in reading and maths, and 50% in writing. Higher-standard attainment was low: 11% in reading, 6% in maths, and 0% in writing. The school's average scaled scores were 100 in both reading and maths, exactly the national baseline. Nationally, Cobholm ranks in the bottom 5% of primary schools on the combined expected standard metric.

The school offers a decent range of facilities including an ICT suite, library, music rooms, playing fields, gymnasium, outdoor playground and a chapel. Sports on offer include gymnastics, rounders, tennis, football and cricket, while clubs extend to science, film, art, coding, eco and gardening. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. Cobholm is a school that has clearly turned a corner in terms of leadership and behaviour, and its oversubscription suggests it is well-regarded locally. However, the academic outcomes are significantly below the local average, so it may suit families who prioritise a supportive, improving environment over raw exam results.

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