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Swanton Morley VC Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 174Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 121083URN

Manns Lane, Swanton Morley, Dereham, NR20 4PX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2014
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Dec 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.6 below Norfolk median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

35 applications for 25 places · 159th of 180 in Norfolk
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
21%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2014
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Dec 2024

Inspection history

  1. 11 December 2024
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 1 October 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.4applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Norfolk median (2.0) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

35 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Norfolk median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202625351.4251.00
Sep 202522331.5221.00
Sep 202430371.2301.00
Sep 202325271.1251.00
Sep 202229331.1291.00
Sep 202124281.2230.96
Sep 202017231.4171.00
Sep 201925341.4240.96
Sep 201830471.6381.27
Sep 201730421.4361.20
Sep 201630451.5351.17
Sep 201532401.3341.06
Sep 201419261.4201.05

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 21% · Maths 66% → all three 21% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard21%257th of 263 in Norfolk
Reading
Expected standard79%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard21%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard66%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Norfolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2521%0%104101
2023/2480%12%105105
2022/2385%19%108106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
121083 · 926/3121
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 174 on roll
Free school meals
23.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Manns Lane, Swanton Morley, Dereham, NR20 4PX
Local authority
Norfolk · Breckland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources