Primary school

Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Norfolk
  • PE14 8EY
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,612 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 18%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 21%21%2016/17: top 99%2017/18: top 78%2018/19: top 25%2022/23: top 83%2023/24: top 99%2024/25: top 18%No exams

Against East of England

Expected standard, RWM77% · East of England 64%Small cohort: 13 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM15% · East of England 7%Small cohort: 13 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score107 · East of England 106Small cohort: 13 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score107 · East of England 105Small cohort: 13 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 69% · 13 pupils · East of England 54%2016/17: 21% · 14 pupils · East of England 63%2017/18: 55% · 11 pupils · East of England 65%2018/19: 77% · 13 pupils · East of England 67%2022/23: 46% · 13 pupils · East of England 61%2023/24: 23% · 13 pupils · East of England 63%2024/25: 77% · 13 pupils · East of England 64%77%21%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 8% · 13 pupils · East of England 5%2016/17: 0% · 14 pupils · East of England 8%2017/18: 0% · 11 pupils · East of England 9%2018/19: 8% · 13 pupils · East of England 9%2022/23: 0% · 13 pupils · East of England 7%2023/24: 0% · 13 pupils · East of England 7%2024/25: 15% · 13 pupils · East of England 7%15%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 107 · 13 pupils · East of England 1032016/17: 98 · 14 pupils · East of England 1042017/18: 102 · 11 pupils · East of England 1052018/19: 103 · 13 pupils · East of England 1042022/23: 107 · 13 pupils · East of England 1052023/24: 98 · 13 pupils · East of England 1052024/25: 107 · 13 pupils · East of England 10610798No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 105 · 13 pupils · East of England 1032016/17: 96 · 14 pupils · East of England 1042017/18: 100 · 11 pupils · East of England 1042018/19: 103 · 13 pupils · East of England 1052022/23: 98 · 13 pupils · East of England 1042023/24: 102 · 13 pupils · East of England 1042024/25: 107 · 13 pupils · East of England 10510796No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in85.7%
12 of 14 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 85.7%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1412
2nd63
3rd20

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2018Requires improvement
  6. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026106
Free school meals (past 6 years)33.7%
First language not English0.9%
SEN support14.2%
EHC plan5.7%
Absence (sessions missed)8.2%
Persistently absent pupils27.8%

Girls 53.8%Boys 46.2%

98.1% full · 108 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher23.2
Pupils per adult12.0
  • Classroom teachers 3.6
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 4.3
  • Other support 1.2

Teachers 4.6 FTE · Whole workforce 10 · 14 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,204
Spend per pupil£5,843
Staff spend per pupil£4,583
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£147,000in-year balance

Grants £7,139 · self-generated £65 · premises £287 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF ELY MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (39 academies) · trust reserve £3,651,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it