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Blakeney Primary School

Primary · Blakeney · GL15 4EB

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 July 2024

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At a glance

75 pupils · 89% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
12% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.bpwfederation.co.uk
URN
115502

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 11 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 0.87 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 2 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

11 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.87 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

12 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
17%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
97
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school17%
Median of its 12 closest peers50%
Gloucestershire average61.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolLincoln · 131 miles awayGood44%
Cradley CofE Primary SchoolMalvern · 26 miles awayExpected standard47%
Oakthorpe Primary SchoolSwadlincote · 77 miles awayGood50%
Canewdon Church of England Primary SchoolRochford · 139 miles awayExpected standard59%
Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolCanterbury · 152 miles awayNeeds attention46%
Brough Community Primary SchoolBrough · 191 miles awayGood63%
Eastoft Church of England Primary SchoolScunthorpe · 148 miles awayGood38%
Colkirk Church of England Primary AcademyFakenham · 158 miles awayGood50%
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley BridgeHarrogate · 164 miles awayExpected standard55%
Fiskerton Church of England Primary SchoolLincoln · 134 miles awayGood75%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MarnhullSturminster Newton · 54 miles awayGood67%
Micheldever CofE Primary SchoolWinchester · 67 miles awayNeeds attention29%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.19 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Gloucestershire: 3.19 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,078; 50% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,093
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£51,117; in-year balance +£12,863

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77%62.3%
Social housing9.5%17.1%
Privately rented13.5%20.5%
Detached houses55.1%22.9%
Flats4.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022228 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£294,00036 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£219,000–£386,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£397,500
Semi-detached (10)£266,500
Terraced (8)£210,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.40 km, 2022 entry): 41 sales, median £319,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
6a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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