Ormesby Village Infant School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Norfolk
Spruce Avenue, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3RY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.3%
11.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
82
Capacity used
Has space55%
150 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
26 of 26 families who put it first got an offer
27
Places offered
68
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 26 | 26 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 30 | 1 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 8 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 4th preference | 4 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 68 | 27 | 40% |
1st preference success by year
Norfolk lets families list 4 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Bradley Young
- Address
- Spruce Avenue, Ormesby St Margaret, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3RY
- Phone
- 01493730298
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward / constituency
- Ormesby · Great Yarmouth
- Area
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 120840
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 10% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
82 pupils · 150 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
13 December 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 69 pupils
Attendance
94.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
11.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Norfolk council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.