# Firside Junior School

Firside Junior School is a primary school in Broadland, for pupils aged 7 to 11.

It had 327 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E142840. [Broadland](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 7 to 11
- Pupils: 327
- Council: Broadland
- URN: 142840

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, March 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 12 March 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 71% of pupils at Firside Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
1% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 103 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Heather Avenue Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heather-avenue-infant-school-e144143): 840 m. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- [Arden Grove Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/arden-grove-infant-and-nursery-school-e139736): 930 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- [Kinsale Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kinsale-junior-school-e146880): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, September 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kinsale Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kinsale-infant-school-e151420): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed
- [Hellesdon High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hellesdon-high-school-e138039): 1.2 km. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Include School Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/school/include-school-norfolk-e134440): 1.2 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142840)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142840)

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