Kelling CE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Kelling, Norfolk·NR25 7ED
Composite score
11.0
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#14,721
National rank
#1684
In East of England
#264
In Norfolk
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
17%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
93.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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
16
any preference, for 5 places
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 Kelling CE 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
50
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£12,731
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Kelling CE Primary School is a primary school serving Kelling, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 50 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 17% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. 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 101 in reading and 93 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Kelling CE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 5 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. Kelling CE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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