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Swaffham Meadow Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
4 Sporle Road, Swaffham PE37 7HL · shcprimary.co.uk · 01760 721330
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 0%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Norfolk 56%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 61
- 29% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.8%
- First language not English
- 23%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 3 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 15 | 3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 2 | 0.1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 17 | 7 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 18 | 12 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 11 | 9 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Norfolk it was 56%, and across England 62%.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | ▼0% | 62% |
| Higher standard | ▼0% | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | ▼98 | 106 |
| Maths | ▼94 | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | ▼97 | 105 |
Ofsted
Swaffham Meadow Primary School was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 147290)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |