Swaffham CofE Primary Academy
Swaffham, PE37 7EA · Norfolk local authority
Swaffham’s School Grade D better than 10% of towns in England
What stands out about Swaffham CofE Primary Academy
- Its own letter, D: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 9%)
- 44% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 18 points below England’s schools
- Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
- 78% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (28 of 36)
- Homes in its postcode sector (PE37 7) sold for a median £235,000; Swaffham’s is £259,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 44%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 9% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Norfolk avg 53%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 100, maths 101 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 11 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Swaffham CofE Primary Academy?
78% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2023 (8), 2024 (6), 2025 (9), 2026 (8). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Norfolk council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
78% got their first choice
Swaffham and Norfolk, side by side
2023–2025All 282 graded primaries in Norfolk. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Swaffham’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, Wymondham | A+ | 15% | 89% |
| Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy | A+ | 13% | 89% |
| Lyng Church of England Primary Academy | A+ | 14% | 83% |
| Bressingham Primary School | A | 9% | 82% |
| Ingoldisthorpe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | A | 6% | 82% |
| Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | A | 6% | 82% |
| Stalham Academy | A | 30% | 81% |
| Blenheim Park Academy | A | 31% | 81% |
| Colby Primary School | A | 4% | 78% |
| Neatishead Church of England Primary School | A | 9% | 78% |
| Charles Darwin Primary School | A | 22% | 78% |
| Catfield CofE Primary Academy | A | 36% | 78% |
| Stradbroke Primary Academy | A | 31% | 77% |
| Trowse Primary School | A | 18% | 76% |
| Cringleford CE VA Primary School | A | 11% | 76% |
| St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, Easton | A | 17% | 76% |
| Wreningham VC Primary School | A− | 5% | 75% |
| Rackheath Primary School | A− | 18% | 74% |
| Ormiston Herman Academy | A− | 26% | 73% |
| Reffley Academy | A− | 16% | 73% |
| Surlingham Primary School | A− | 17% | 73% |
| Browick Road Primary and Nursery School | A− | 17% | 71% |
| Coltishall Primary School | A− | 12% | 71% |
| Fleggburgh CofE Primary School | A− | 21% | 71% |
| The Norman Church of England Primary School, Northwold | A− | 22% | 71% |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School | A− | 9% | 71% |
| Reepham Primary School | A− | 10% | 71% |
| Rockland St Mary Primary School | A− | 15% | 71% |
| The Bawburgh School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| Blofield Primary School | B+ | 7% | 70% |
| Hevingham Primary School | B+ | 15% | 70% |
| Redcastle Family School | B+ | 37% | 70% |
| St Martin At Shouldham Church of England Primary Academy | B+ | 4% | 70% |
| Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy | B+ | 24% | 70% |
| Firside Junior School | B+ | 14% | 70% |
| North Wootton Academy | B+ | 8% | 70% |
| Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) | B+ | 14% | 70% |
| Little Melton Primary School | B+ | 13% | 69% |
| Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B+ | 17% | 69% |
| Queen's Hill Primary School | B+ | 11% | 69% |
| Snettisham Primary School | B+ | 39% | 69% |
| Heacham Junior School | B+ | 32% | 69% |
| Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary Academy | B+ | 19% | 69% |
| Frettenham Primary School | B+ | 8% | 68% |
| Rocklands Community Primary School | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| Ormiston Cliff Park Primary Academy | B+ | 26% | 68% |
| Flitcham Church of England Primary Academy | B+ | 23% | 68% |
| Great Witchingham Church of England Primary Academy | B+ | 20% | 68% |
| Beeston Primary School | B+ | 9% | 68% |
| Gaywood Primary School | B+ | 16% | 68% |
| Earsham Church of England Primary Academy | B+ | 17% | 68% |
| Aldborough Primary School | B | 12% | 67% |
| Spooner Row Primary School | B | 12% | 67% |
| White Woman Lane Junior School | B | 19% | 66% |
| Eastgate Academy | B | 36% | 66% |
| Caister Junior School | B | 33% | 65% |
| Blakeney Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | B | 26% | 65% |
| Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy | B | 17% | 65% |
| Eaton Primary School | B | 8% | 65% |
| St Martha's Catholic Primary School | B | 6% | 65% |
| Hempnall Primary School | B− | 12% | 64% |
| Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School | B− | 19% | 64% |
| Taverham VC CE Junior School | B− | 11% | 64% |
| Aslacton Primary School | B− | 19% | 64% |
| Saxlingham Nethergate CofE VC Primary School | B− | 6% | 63% |
| Worstead Church of England Primary School | B− | 8% | 63% |
| Nelson Academy | B− | 31% | 63% |
| All Saints Academy | B− | 22% | 63% |
| Clenchwarton Primary School | B− | 13% | 63% |
| Filby Primary School | B− | 12% | 63% |
| Kinsale Junior School | B− | 27% | 63% |
| Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy | B− | 34% | 63% |
| Woodlands Primary Academy | B− | 11% | 62% |
| Burnham Market Primary and Nursery School | B− | 27% | 62% |
| Poringland Primary School | B− | 11% | 61% |
| Bure Valley School | B− | 24% | 61% |
| St Michael's VA Junior School | B− | 35% | 61% |
| Rollesby Primary School | B− | 14% | 61% |
| Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School | C+ | 17% | 60% |
| Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, Feltwell | C+ | 26% | 60% |
| Swanton Morley VC Primary School | C+ | 24% | 60% |
| Brooke Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | C+ | 12% | 60% |
| Overstrand, the Belfry, Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | C+ | 9% | 60% |
| Lingwood Primary Academy | C+ | 11% | 60% |
| Great Hockham Primary School and Nursery | C+ | 16% | 60% |
| Wymondham College Prep School | C+ | 2% | 60% |
| Avenue Junior School | C+ | 17% | 59% |
| Mulbarton Primary School | C+ | 10% | 59% |
| St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery | C+ | 52% | 59% |
| West Lynn Primary School | C+ | 27% | 59% |
| Cawston Church of England Primary Academy | C+ | 27% | 59% |
| Seething and Mundham Primary School | C+ | 15% | 59% |
| Emneth Academy | C+ | 19% | 59% |
| Angel Road Junior School | C+ | 37% | 59% |
| Hopton Church of England Primary Academy | C+ | 22% | 59% |
| Litcham School | C+ | 20% | 59% |
| Garboldisham Church of England Primary Academy | C+ | 15% | 59% |
| Sheringham Community Primary School | C+ | 21% | 58% |
| Swanton Abbott Community Primary School | C+ | 19% | 58% |
| Hainford VC Primary School | C+ | 15% | 58% |
| Hethersett VC Primary School | C+ | 11% | 58% |
| Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C+ | 18% | 58% |
| Drayton CofE Junior School | C+ | 11% | 58% |
| St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery | C+ | 11% | 58% |
| Anthony Curton CofE Primary School | C+ | 14% | 58% |
| Dereham Church of England Junior Academy | C+ | 40% | 58% |
| Old Buckenham Primary School | C+ | 17% | 58% |
| Garvestone Community Primary School | C+ | 30% | 58% |
| Hemblington Primary School | C+ | 21% | 58% |
| Norwich Road Academy | C+ | 29% | 58% |
| Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior School | C | 20% | 57% |
| Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | C | 13% | 57% |
| Mile Cross Primary School | C | 42% | 57% |
| Martham Academy and Nursery | C | 16% | 57% |
| Costessey Primary School | C | 27% | 57% |
| West Winch Primary School | C | 17% | 56% |
| Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C | 8% | 56% |
| Holy Cross Church of England Primary School | C | 19% | 56% |
| Whitefriars Church of England Primary Academy | C | 26% | 56% |
| Horsford CofE VA Primary School | C | 19% | 56% |
| Thompson Primary School | C | 9% | 56% |
| Little Snoring Community Primary Academy | C | 43% | 56% |
| Buxton Primary School | C | 12% | 55% |
| Ormesby Village Junior School | C | 20% | 55% |
| Old Catton CofE VC Junior School | C | 24% | 55% |
| South Wootton Junior School | C | 12% | 55% |
| Necton VA Primary School | C | 37% | 55% |
| Catton Grove Primary School | C | 48% | 55% |
| Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery | C | 54% | 55% |
| Norwich Primary Academy | C | 53% | 55% |
| Greenpark Academy | C | 38% | 55% |
| Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe | C | 10% | 55% |
| North Denes Primary School and Nursery | C | 44% | 54% |
| East Harling Primary School and Nursery | C | 20% | 54% |
| Hunstanton Primary School | C | 33% | 54% |
| Walpole Cross Keys Primary School | C | 14% | 54% |
| Langham Village School | C− | 8% | 53% |
| Tunstead Primary School | C− | 12% | 53% |
| Tasburgh Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 17% | 53% |
| Wicklewood Primary School and Nursery | C− | 13% | 53% |
| Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery | C− | 43% | 53% |
| St Michael's Church of England Academy | C− | 40% | 53% |
| Mundford Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 13% | 53% |
| Tilney All Saints CofE Primary School | C− | 30% | 53% |
| Narborough Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 36% | 53% |
| Newton Flotman Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 21% | 53% |
| Alburgh With Denton Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 9% | 53% |
| Woodland View Junior School | C− | 15% | 52% |
| Mundesley Junior School | C− | 20% | 52% |
| Dersingham Primary School | C− | 25% | 52% |
| Hockering Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 33% | 52% |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey | C− | 9% | 52% |
| Dussindale Primary School | C− | 14% | 52% |
| George White Junior School | C− | 39% | 52% |
| Gresham Village School and Nursery | C− | 9% | 52% |
| Admirals Academy | C− | 25% | 52% |
| Great Ellingham Primary School | C− | 10% | 51% |
| Watlington Community Primary School | C− | 23% | 51% |
| Falcon Junior School | C− | 21% | 51% |
| Thurton Primary School | C− | 6% | 51% |
| The Free School Norwich | C− | 18% | 51% |
| Wroughton Junior Academy | C− | 55% | 51% |
| Morley Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 18% | 51% |
| Rosecroft Primary School | C− | 23% | 51% |
| Loddon Junior School | C− | 28% | 51% |
| Holt Community Primary School | C− | 47% | 50% |
| Woodton Primary School | C− | 21% | 50% |
| Brundall Primary School | C− | 12% | 50% |
| Stoke Holy Cross Primary School | C− | 6% | 50% |
| St Faiths CofE Primary School | C− | 19% | 50% |
| Homefield VC CofE Primary School | C− | 13% | 50% |
| St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School | C− | 20% | 50% |
| Lionwood Junior School | C− | 36% | 50% |
| Kenninghall Primary School | C− | 14% | 50% |
| Wimbotsham and Stow Academy | C− | 10% | 50% |
| Brisley Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 12% | 50% |
| Sprowston Junior School | C− | 29% | 49% |
| Magdalen Gates Primary School | C− | 25% | 49% |
| Fairhaven Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | C− | 11% | 49% |
| Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School | C− | 31% | 49% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 36% | 49% |
| Barford Primary School | C− | 12% | 48% |
| St William's Primary School | C− | 11% | 48% |
| Hillside Primary School | C− | 12% | 48% |
| Holly Meadows School | C− | 7% | 48% |
| Moorlands CofE Primary Academy | C− | 20% | 48% |
| Winterton Primary School and Nursery | C− | 29% | 48% |
| Bluebell Primary School | C− | 54% | 48% |
| The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) | C− | 24% | 48% |
| Millfield Primary School | C− | 28% | 48% |
| Attleborough Primary School | C− | 22% | 48% |
| Hemsby Primary School | D | 15% | 47% |
| Hingham Primary School | D | 22% | 47% |
| Horning Community Primary School | D | 37% | 47% |
| Cobholm Primary Academy | D | 45% | 47% |
| Mattishall Primary School | D | 13% | 47% |
| Bignold Primary School and Nursery | D | 28% | 47% |
| Northgate Primary School | D | 38% | 47% |
| All Saints Stibbard Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery | D | 16% | 46% |
| Roydon Primary School | D | 21% | 45% |
| West Walton Community Primary School | D | 19% | 45% |
| West Earlham Junior School | D | 54% | 45% |
| Drake Primary School | D | 12% | 45% |
| Terrington St Clement Community School | D | 21% | 45% |
| Barnham Broom Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | D | 10% | 45% |
| North Walsham Junior School | D | 38% | 45% |
| Diss Church of England Junior Academy | D | 29% | 45% |
| Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery | D | 22% | 45% |
| Ellingham VC Primary School | D | 18% | 44% |
| Swaffham CofE Primary Academy | D | 26% | 44% |
| Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy | D | 49% | 44% |
| Southery Academy | D | 31% | 44% |
| Henderson Green Primary Academy | D | 51% | 44% |
| Tacolneston Church of England Primary Academy | D | 14% | 44% |
| St Mary's Church of England Junior Academy | D | 22% | 43% |
| Little Plumstead Church of England Primary Academy | D | 10% | 43% |
| Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery School | D | 12% | 42% |
| Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Junior | D | 20% | 42% |
| Tuckswood Academy | D | 44% | 42% |
| Banham Primary School | D | 7% | 42% |
| Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy | D | 41% | 42% |
| Tivetshall Community Primary School | D | 58% | 42% |
| Fakenham Junior School | D | 22% | 42% |
| Acle Church of England Primary Academy | D | 26% | 42% |
| Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary School | D | 20% | 41% |
| Wensum Junior School | D | 50% | 41% |
| Hilgay Riverside Academy | D | 35% | 41% |
| Bunwell Primary School | D | 11% | 41% |
| Scole Church of England Primary Academy | D | 42% | 41% |
| Colman Junior School | D | 34% | 41% |
| Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School | D | 29% | 40% |
| St John's Community Primary School and Nursery | D | 22% | 40% |
| St Germans Academy | D | 17% | 40% |
| Bacton Primary School | D | 21% | 39% |
| Heartsease Primary Academy | D | 34% | 39% |
| Glebeland Community Primary School | D | 32% | 39% |
| Foulsham Primary School Academy | D | 36% | 39% |
| Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School | D | 24% | 39% |
| Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School | D− | 20% | 38% |
| Walpole Highway Primary School | D− | 33% | 38% |
| Gooderstone Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 23% | 38% |
| Rudham CofE Primary Academy | D− | 22% | 38% |
| Cromer Junior School | D− | 32% | 38% |
| Caston Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 18% | 38% |
| Upwell Academy | D− | 23% | 37% |
| Astley Primary School | D− | 27% | 37% |
| Parker's Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 17% | 37% |
| Lakenham Primary School | D− | 32% | 36% |
| Happisburgh Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 31% | 36% |
| St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth | D− | 55% | 35% |
| Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 35% | 34% |
| Southtown Primary School | D− | 45% | 33% |
| St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley | D− | 17% | 32% |
| Thurlton Primary School | D− | 7% | 32% |
| Reedham Primary School | D− | 25% | 32% |
| Salhouse CofE Primary School | D− | 9% | 31% |
| St Andrew's CofE VA Primary School, Lopham | D− | 50% | 31% |
| Colkirk Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 24% | 31% |
| Sporle Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 37% | 31% |
| Forncett St Peter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | D− | 13% | 30% |
| Weeting Church of England Primary School | D− | 27% | 30% |
| Hindringham Church of England Primary School | D− | 9% | 29% |
| Carleton Rode Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | D− | 17% | 29% |
| Greyfriars Academy | D− | 44% | 29% |
| Harpley CofE VC Primary School | D− | 20% | 28% |
| St Michael's Church of England VA Primary and Nursery School | D− | 23% | 27% |
| Kelling CE Primary School | D− | 23% | 27% |
| Bawdeswell Community Primary School | D− | 22% | 27% |
| Burston Community Primary School | D− | 4% | 25% |
| Corpusty Primary School | D− | 26% | 25% |
| Sculthorpe Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 27% | 24% |
| Pulham Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 27% | 24% |
| Watton Junior School | D− | 29% | 23% |
| Terrington St John Primary School | D− | 32% | 22% |
| Erpingham Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | D− | 0% | 21% |
| Great Massingham CofE Primary School | D− | 15% | 21% |
| The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 61% | 21% |
| Hapton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | D− | 33% | 20% |
| All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Winfarthing | D− | 27% | 16% |
| Walsingham CE VA Primary School | D− | 63% | 16% |
| Antingham and Southrepps Primary School | D− | 31% | 13% |
| Magdalen Academy | D− | 23% | 13% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025209 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Swaffham CofE Primary Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, June 2023.
Living near Swaffham CofE Primary Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in PE37 7, the school’s postcode sector
Swaffham property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in PE37 7 sell for a little under Swaffham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
3 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Swaffham, PE37 7EA
Swaffham CofE Primary Academy: common questions
Is Swaffham CofE Primary Academy a good school?
By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 9% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D), with 44% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, June 2023.
How hard is it to get into Swaffham CofE Primary Academy?
For September 2026, 36 families put Swaffham CofE Primary Academy first and 28 of them were offered a place; 28 places were offered in all.
What is Swaffham CofE Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).
How much do houses cost near Swaffham CofE Primary Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, PE37 7, sold for a median £235,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (339 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
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