Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School currently requires improvement in several areas including the quality of education, leadership, and early years provision. While the school fosters positive relationships and has created a welcoming environment for pupils, the quality of education is inconsistent, leading to gaps in students' knowledge in various subjects. Notably, there is a strong emphasis on reading where pupils are provided with appropriate support, but this effectiveness does not extend uniformly across all subjects.

Strengths

• Positive relationships between adults and pupils
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective support
• Variety of enrichment opportunities including extracurricular activities
• Good behaviour and attitudes among pupils
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent quality of education across various subjects
• Lack of clear knowledge progression in some subjects
• Early years curriculum lacks ambition and clarity
• Inconsistent checks on pupil learning and understanding

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.6% of pupils at Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School received £10,818 and spent £10,453 for each of its 56 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £15,000 (-£267 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School have?

Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has 59 pupils on roll.

What age range does Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School cover?

Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?

Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is at White Gap Road, Little Weighton, Cottingham, HU20 3XE.