Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire·HU20 3XE
Composite score
41.6
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#10,337
National rank
#1056
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#57
In East Riding of Yorkshire
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
5 first choices, 5 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
8
any preference, for 5 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
62
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
2.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,032
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School at a glance

Located in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 62 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 19.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 5 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.1%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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