Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 21 April 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
Results for 2025 were not published for this school. The Department for Education withholds figures when too few pupils took the tests, to protect their privacy.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
83%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
12 responses up to 1 April 2024 · 40% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
92% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
92% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
100% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
40% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
83% agreeOfsted inspected Helmingham Primary School and Nursery on 21 April 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Expected standard for inclusion and for personal development and wellbeing; Needs attention for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for leadership and governance, for attendance and behaviour and for early years.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. 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. A place in its nursery class does not carry on into Reception, so you still need to apply.
No. Distance only counts when Helmingham Primary School and Nursery 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.
Helmingham Primary School and Nursery had 26 pupils aged 2 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 90. It is a mixed school.
Community school
2.4 miles away
Voluntary aided school
3.1 miles away
Voluntary aided school
3.6 miles away
Community school
3.7 miles away
Academy converter
4.1 miles away