Robert Kett Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Wymondham, Norfolk·NR18 0LS
Composite score
43.8
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#9,561
National rank
#1032
In East of England
#111
In Norfolk
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
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
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
0.62
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
94
any preference, for 42 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.36
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.6220240.9820250.622026

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

Every child who put Robert Kett 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
558
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,267
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Robert Kett Primary School is a primary school serving Wymondham, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 558 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Robert Kett Primary School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Robert Kett Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 26 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 24.2 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Robert Kett 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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