Kelling CE Primary School

Kelling CE Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance, nurturing a strong community atmosphere where pupils feel safe, happy, and engaged in their learning. The school's continuous improvement approach to its curriculum has been effective, enabling pupils to develop a solid understanding of various subjects. Noteworthy strengths include the proficient early reading program, which allows all pupils to quickly build their reading skills, and the supportive environment that encourages positive relationships among students and staff.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy in a thriving community.
• The curriculum is well-planned, logical, and continuously improved.
• Teachers are dedicated and well-trained, effectively delivering the curriculum.
• Pupils enjoy learning and are engaged in complex thinking.
• The early reading curriculum builds confidence and skills quickly.
• Warm relationships between staff and pupils create a positive school culture.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Some tasks set by teachers do not provide enough practice for pupils.

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 Kelling CE Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Kelling CE 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 Kelling CE Primary School had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 16.1% of pupils at Kelling CE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 Kelling CE Primary School received £11,949 and spent £11,941 for each of its 152 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £30,000 (£196 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). This school files a single return with the other schools in its federation, so the figures are for the whole federation.

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What is Kelling CE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kelling CE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Kelling CE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kelling CE Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Kelling CE Primary School have?

Kelling CE Primary School has 56 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kelling CE Primary School cover?

Kelling CE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Kelling CE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 17% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kelling CE Primary School?

Kelling CE Primary School is at Salthouse Road, Kelling, Norfolk, NR25 7ED.