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Seething and Mundham Primary School

Primary · Norwich · NR15 1DJ

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 March 2024

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At a glance

96 pupils · 96% of 100 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://seethingprimary.set.education/
URN
144019

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 5 March 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · usually has places

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
Norfolk average56.2%
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
Arnside National CofE SchoolCarnforth · 210 miles awayGood88%
Seascale Primary SchoolSeascale · 239 miles awayGood55%
St Bartholomew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, WiggintonTring · 101 miles awayGood60%
Leafield Church of England Primary SchoolWitney · 134 miles awayNo current grade86%
High Coniscliffe CofE Primary SchoolDarlington · 187 miles awayExpected standard62%
Randwick Church of England Primary SchoolStroud · 164 miles awayGood80%
Church Walk CofE Primary SchoolUlverston · 219 miles awayNeeds attention69%
Frittenden Church of England Primary SchoolCranbrook · 102 miles awayGood73%
St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, LemsfordWelwyn Garden City · 86 miles awayGood62%
Brooke Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolNorwich · 2 miles awayNo current grade65%
Warmington SchoolPeterborough · 77 miles awayGood44%
Cowick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGoole · 128 miles awayGood73%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Not recorded 3% (Norfolk 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · White Irish 3% (Norfolk 0%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%)

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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.06 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Norfolk: 5.56 suspensions and 0.10 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
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

100% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,998; 40% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,418
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£67,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.1%62.3%
Social housing15.2%17.1%
Privately rented9.7%20.5%
Detached houses59.8%22.9%
Flats3.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026876 · how to read area figures

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
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a 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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