Langham Village School

Langham Village School is a small community primary with big ambitions, and inspectors found it performing strongly across the board. Pupils are happy, safe and behave exceptionally well; they are enthusiastic learners, and leaders have built an ambitious curriculum with a strong focus on reading, recall and support for pupils with SEND. Leadership and management, including governance and staff development, were judged outstanding, and personal development and early years provision were good. Safeguarding is effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since 2011, after a long period of exemption, and its first since the COVID-19 pandemic; under the post-September 2024 framework it received no overall effectiveness grade. The main area for improvement is pupils’ limited knowledge of world religions, which means they are not as well prepared as they could be for life in multicultural Britain and a global society. The school is aware of this weakness and otherwise provides a rich range of opportunities, including trips, clubs, leadership roles and outdoor learning. Parents are overwhelmingly positive, staff well-being is high, and governors hold leaders to account accurately.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculum that nurtures confident, resilient and inquisitive learners
• High expectations of pupils’ behaviour and learning
• Pupils behave exceptionally well and show tremendous respect
• Strong focus on reading, with swift support for pupils who fall behind
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, who achieve well
• Outstanding leadership and management, with accurate evaluation and strong governance
• Rich personal development offer, including clubs, trips and leadership roles
• High levels of staff well-being and valued training
• Good early years provision where children quickly gain phonics knowledge
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils’ knowledge of world religions is limited, leaving them less prepared for life in multicultural Britain and a global society

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 Langham Village School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.2% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Langham Village 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 Langham Village School had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 26.0% of pupils at Langham Village School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Langham Village School received £8,169 and spent £8,016 for each of its 104 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £57,000 (£546 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 Langham Village School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langham Village School is Good, from an inspection in October 2024.

When was Langham Village School last inspected by Ofsted?

Langham Village School was last inspected in October 2024.

How many pupils does Langham Village School have?

Langham Village School has 104 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langham Village School cover?

Langham Village School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Langham Village School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Langham Village School?

Langham Village School is at North Street, Langham, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 7DG.