Reedham Primary School

About Reedham Primary School

Reedham Primary School is a small state primary in the Norfolk village of Reedham, within the Broadland borough. It is one of 344 primary schools in the Norfolk local authority, a county where only 21 schools currently hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. Among its local peers, the school sits below the top-ranked trio of Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy, Surlingham Primary School, and Stalham Academy, but it has carved out a solid reputation in its own right. The school is led by headteacher Beth Spaul and caters to children aged 2 to 11, with a nursery provision on site. It is a mixed, non-religious school, and its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2019 rated it Good overall, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2013. The school has held a Good rating across both its 2015 graded inspection and the 2019 ungraded visit, which confirmed it remains Good.

Academically, Reedham Primary School does not have published Key Stage 2 SATs results or a Progress 8 score in the available data, so direct comparisons to the Norfolk local authority average of 52 are not possible. However, the Ofsted inspection from 2015 gave the school a Good rating for both leadership and management and overall effectiveness, while the early years provision was also judged Good in the 2019 inspection. The school’s small size — with just 85 pupils against a capacity of 77 — means it is technically over capacity, which reflects its popularity. The percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 30.7%, significantly above the national average, indicating a higher-than-average level of disadvantage. This context suggests the school is performing well despite the challenges of its intake, though the lack of published exam data makes it hard to gauge academic outcomes against the wider LA.

For families considering Reedham, the school offers a broad range of facilities including art studios, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sports hall, playing fields, and a forest school. Sports on offer include rounders, gymnastics, netball, tennis, and cross country, while clubs range from choir and coding to eco club and chess. The school’s SEND provisions are extensive, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, visual impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. Admission for the 2025/26 year shows the school is oversubscribed: 19 applications were received for 8 places, with all 8 first-preference applicants offered a spot, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.38. This makes it a competitive choice for local families, particularly those seeking a small, inclusive village school with strong pastoral support and a wide extracurricular offer.

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