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State primary · 4 to 11 · Mixed · 606 pupils

Queen's Hill Primary School

Kestrel Avenue, Queen's Hills, Norwich, NR8 5FT · Norfolk
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Ofsted: School remains Good · March 2023Top 15% (38/271)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 4,088th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Top 15%.
Top 15% (38/271)Rank among 271 Norfolk primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Norfolk league table →
Inspection
School remains Good, March 2023
Getting in
Not full for Reception 2026
Results
73% expected standard; 6% higher standard
Size
606 pupils; 59 places a year; classes of 29
Run by
Norfolk council
Type
Community school
Ages
4 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 73%, against 56% in Norfolk.
  • Higher standard: 6%, against 5% in Norfolk.
  • We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
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At a glance

Against Norfolk and England
This schoolNorfolkEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
73%
Better than Norfolk
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
6%
Better than Norfolk
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
4.3%
Better than Norfolk
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
6.9%
Better than Norfolk
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
1.6
Better than Norfolk
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
28.9
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
11%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
19.8
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
Less sought after than Norfolk
Norfolk and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

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Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

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Results

Quality

  • School remains Good Ofsted · inspected 29 March 2023
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 73% (England 62%) (county 56%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 6% (England 8%) (county 5%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%62%56%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard6%8%5%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)Top 15% (38/271)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Norfolk league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

  • Absence: 4.3% of sessions missed; 6.9% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.6% and 9.6% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 2 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 28.9 pupils; 5.1% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 19.8 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 124 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 4 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 1 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 6.5 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.1 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.3%3.2%1.1%6.9%0.4%
2023/245.5%4.1%1.3%14%0.4%
2022/235.2%3.6%1.6%14%0.0%
Schools with a similar intake4.6%9.6%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 4894 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.60.8%100
2023/241.20.8%70
2022/230.30.3%20
Schools with a similar intake0.8

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size28.92025/26
Classes over 30 pupils5.1%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher19.8November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus124

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20241
20232
20220
20210

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 1 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO26.52024
PM1013.02024
PM257.12024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals11%2025/26
First language other than English25%2025/26
SEN support15%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.1%2025/26
Girls44%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Ofsted

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
29 March 2023Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Admissions

Getting in

  • 56 families put it first for 59 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.
  • We can't tell how far Reception places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202659568756
Reception202556588356
Reception202481809880
Reception2023818110281
Reception202273718771
Reception2021868210582
Reception2020828010080
Reception201970668766
Reception201875748873
Reception201770637163

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Who runs it

  • Community school is run by its local council (Norfolk), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Taverham VC CE Junior School1.1 miSt Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey1.2 miNightingale Infant & Nursery School1.3 miGhost Hill Infant and Nursery School1.4 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

Bluebell Nursery1.0 miles
Source: Ofsted early years register.
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Norwich and the Norfolk league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.