Loddon Junior School
Loddon Junior School is a converter academy in Norwich for boys and girls aged 7 to 11. It has 189 pupils and room for 240. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
Kitten's Lane, Loddon, Norwich, NR14 6JX01508 505180loddonprimaryfederation.co.ukMrs Sara El Oakley headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 5 November 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025
54 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. These are the results of Loddon Junior School, the school this one replaced.
All Year 6 measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2019† | 2018† | 2017† | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils tested | 54 | 59 | 56 | 52 | 43 | 58 | – | – |
| Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 58% | 46% | 54% | 70% | 64% | 56% | 63% |
| Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% |
| Reading scoreReading average scaled score | 103.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 | 104.6 | 105.6 |
| Maths scoreMaths average scaled score | 102.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.2 | 104.6 |
| Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score | 101.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | 103.2 | 105.2 |
| Expected level: readingReading expected standard | 67% | 71% | 54% | 62% | 84% | 71% | – | – |
| Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard | 61% | 59% | 59% | 65% | 74% | 72% | – | – |
| Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed) | 57% | 71% | 70% | 71% | 79% | 72% | – | – |
| Reading progressReading progress score | – | – | -2.7 | -1.9 | +0.8 | +0.3 | – | – |
| Maths progressMaths progress score | – | – | -2.7 | -2.7 | -0.8 | -1.1 | – | – |
| Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged | 46% | 39% | 36% | 27% | 38% | 36% | – | – |
| Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged | 49% | 66% | 49% | 65% | 83% | 70% | – | – |
There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.
† These results are for Loddon Junior School, the school this one replaced in November 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At the end of primary school, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Norfolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (19), Moderate learning difficulty (18), language and communications needs (7), Specific learning difficulty (5), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.2% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 7.1% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3.1% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.2% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 11.3% | 16.7% | 13.4% | 16.4% | 5.3% | 7.0% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Loddon Junior School, the school this one replaced in November 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loddon Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 0 m | 135 | No overall grade 2024 | – | Compare |
| Thurton Primary School | Church of England | 2.5 miles | 110 | No overall grade 2025 | 59 | Compare |
| Seething and Mundham Primary School | Academy | 2.5 miles | 96 | Good 2024 | 50 | Compare |
| Thurlton Primary School | Academy | 3.6 miles | 69 | Good 2024 | 41 | Compare |
| Ellingham VC Primary School | Church of England | 3.9 miles | 88 | Good 2023 | 17 | Compare |
| Rockland St Mary Primary School | Academy | 4.4 miles | 78 | Good 2022 | 82 | Compare |
| Reedham Primary School | Academy | 4.4 miles | 92 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy | Academy | 4.5 miles | 65 | Good 2022 | 50 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Loddon Junior School a good school?
Loddon Junior School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in November 2024.
What is Loddon Junior School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Loddon Junior School not judged at its last full inspection on 5 November 2024.
How good are Loddon Junior School's SATs results?
In summer 2025, 48% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level.
How many pupils does Loddon Junior School have?
189 pupils aged 7 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 240 places, so it is 79% full.
What is attendance like at Loddon Junior School?
Pupils were in school 94.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 11% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Loddon Junior School?
The average class had 27.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 29% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Kitten's Lane, Loddon, Norwich, NR14 6JX
- Telephone
- 01508 505180
- Website
- www.loddonprimaryfederation.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sara El Oakley
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 7-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- The Active Learning Trust Limited (21 schools)
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward
- Loddon & Chedgrave
- Constituency
- South Norfolk
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 November 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152179 · LAESTAB 9265202 · UKPRN 10099135
- Formerly
- Loddon Junior School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Year 6 results: DfE key stage 2 tables, 2024/25.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.