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Southtown Primary School

Great Yarmouth, NR31 0HJPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Requires Improvement
Jun 2023
KS2 Results
28%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
16 1st-choice / 17 places
Ranking
#13,353
of 13,686 nationally

About Southtown Primary School

If you're researching Southtown Primary School, the first thing you'll notice is how popular it is locally. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 46 applications for just 17 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2. 71. Of those, 16 families put it as their first preference, and all 16 were offered a place. That level of demand suggests it's a school that local parents actively want their children to attend. However, the most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 rated the school as Requires Improvement overall, with behaviour and attitudes also marked as Requires Improvement. On the positive side, inspectors judged the quality of education, early years provision, personal development, and leadership and management all as Good. Compared with its previous inspection in 2019, where the school also received Requires Improvement overall, the leadership and management has moved up from Requires Improvement to Good, which signals some progress in how the school is being run.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressTamworth Lane, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0HJ
HeadteacherBen Newstead
Local AuthorityNorfolk
Number of Pupils192
Free School Meals (FSM)40.1%
School Capacity192 / 220 (87% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

27 Jun 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 17 Sept 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:30

Breakfast club

07:45-08:35

After-school care

15:30-17:30

Source: southtownprimaryschool.com. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Southtown Primary School

Southtown Primary School has been rated "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. This means the school is not yet good, but inspectors believe it can improve with the right support and changes.