Weeting Church of England Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Brandon, Norfolk·IP27 0QQ
Composite score
30.6
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National rank
#1469
In East of England
#210
In Norfolk
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
22
any preference, for 14 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.54
00.511.52
1 per place
0.9320220.9420231.0020241.4720250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Weeting Church of England 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
129
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
31.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,326
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Weeting Church of England Primary School

Weeting Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Brandon, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 129 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 28.0 percentage points year on 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 102 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Weeting Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 14 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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