Magdalen Gates Primary School
Primary schoolMagdalen Gates Primary School is a primary school in Norwich, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 194 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 62% of pupils at Magdalen Gates Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 62% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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
In a straight line- George White Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Angel Road Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 m
- Angel Road Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade610 m
- Mousehold Infant & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade680 m
- Jane Austen CollegeSecondary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 52.2 (2025/26, provisional)770 m
- Sewell Park AcademySecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 37.6 (2025/26, provisional)890 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Norwich
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).