Swaffham Meadow Primary School
Primary · Swaffham · PE37 7HL
Data updated
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.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, serious weaknesses, at the inspection of 7 February 2024. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 7 February 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
61 pupils · 29% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- https://www.shcprimary.co.uk
- URN
- 151217
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.20 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 7 February 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 15.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.20 first-choice applications per place15 places offered · 3 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Norfolk school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
15 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 72% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Not recorded 7% (Norfolk 1%, England 1%) · Black African 5% (Norfolk 3%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 3% (Norfolk 2%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Norfolk 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
65.17 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
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
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)
42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 36.3 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 £58,639; 50% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 15% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £26,000; in-year balance +£48,000
Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 19.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 27.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 24.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 25.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 33.3% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 57.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 25.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 17% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 33.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 9.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 11.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 21.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026459 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £240,000290 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £170,000–£317,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 5a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 7a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 30a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 8a 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