Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Heacham Infant and Nursery School
This school
Heacham Junior School
Partner infant school
Heacham Infant and Nursery School
Nursery to Year 2 · 530 m away from Heacham Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Heacham Infant and Nursery School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 15 October 2024
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 64% | 56% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 4% | 5% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 64% | 66% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 7% | 22% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Maths | 102 | 103 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 100 | 103 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Heacham Junior School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 8 May 2019. Ofsted inspected it again on 15 October 2024 without giving an overall grade, as single-word grades ended in September 2024.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Heacham Infant and Nursery School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Heacham Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Heacham Junior School had 98 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 120. It is a mixed school.