Dussindale Primary School

About Dussindale Primary School

Parents considering Dussindale Primary School will find strong reassurance in the most recent Parent View responses, which were collected between September 2024 and September 2025. An impressive 97% of the 77 respondents said they would recommend the school to other parents. That sentiment is backed up by very high levels of agreement on specific questions: 99% of parents either agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and every single respondent felt their child is safe there. The school is clearly popular locally, too. For the 2025/26 reception intake, Dussindale received 82 applications for just 39 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.1. All 37 first-preference applicants were offered a place, but the overall numbers show that demand comfortably outstrips supply, so it is worth getting your application in early.

Academically, Dussindale is a solidly performing primary with a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has held across both its most recent graded inspection in 2019 and its ungraded inspection in March 2025, where inspectors confirmed that standards were being maintained. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is just above the local authority average of 52% for the same measure. Individual subject scores were stronger: 68% reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in writing, while maths came in at 68%. The average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 102 in maths. At the higher standard, 17% of pupils achieved that level in reading, with 10% in maths and 5% in writing. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 50% of primaries on its combined expected standard score, sitting at the 70th percentile.

The school offers a good range of facilities including an ICT suite, music rooms, playing fields and an outdoor playground. Sports provision is broad, with tennis, swimming, gymnastics, dance, cricket, netball and football all on offer, and there are clubs for science, coding, drama and choir. For families with children who have special educational needs, the school lists support for a wide range of needs including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. However, it is worth noting that in the Parent View responses, 25% of parents disagreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need, though 58% strongly agreed. The school is a state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form provision. It is a non-faith school in the Broadland area of Norfolk, and with 358 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, there is a little room for growth.

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