Swaffham CofE Primary Academy
Primary schoolSwaffham CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Breckland, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 215 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), June 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 41% of pupils at Swaffham CofE Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 103 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Nicholas Hamond AcademySecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 43.7 (2025/26, provisional)90 m
- Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Swaffham Meadow Primary SchoolPrimary. Inadequate (overall), February 2024, before the school changed, serious weaknesses. 0% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Fred Nicholson SchoolSpecial. Some aspects not as strong, March 20251.5 km
- OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham CampusIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Breckland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).