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Empingham Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 57 pupils Oakham
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Empingham Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Oakham for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 57 pupils on roll. In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address School Lane
Empingham
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 8PQ
Phone 01780460246
Reference Number 146425

General Makeup

Number of pupils 57
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.88%
Girls: 49.12%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 8.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 14.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 9.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 19

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 4 3 7
2 3 3 6
3 3 4 7
4 7 6 13
5 2 6 8
6 7 3 10

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.7%
White, Other 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.8%
Unclassified 1.8%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 18 Jul 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Jul 2023 School inspection
09 Mar 2019 Academy conversion letter
22 Jun 2016 Short inspection
Previously as Empingham CofE Primary School
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
18 Apr 2012 Curriculum and development visit
30 Nov 2010 Full inspection:
12 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
04 May 2005 Full inspection

Ofsted Parent View

The latest published parent view scores are from 2019. Ofsted only publish scores if there have been more than 10 responses to the survey.

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know Total Responses
1. My child is happy at this school. 33 38 6 6 1 84
2. My child feels safe at this school. 30 41 6 6 1 84
3. The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved. 21 40 14 3 6 84
4. My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively. 46 6 10 11 5 6
5. The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year. 19 29 22 5 9 84
6. When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly. 19 23 23 9 5 5
7. My child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed.
8. The school has high expectations for my child. 30 43 4 4 3 84
9. My child does well at this school. 27 43 5 2 7 84
10. The school lets me know how my child is doing. 31 39 8 4 2 84
11. There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school. 36 39 2 1 6 84
12. My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school. 36 40 1 1 6 84
13. The school supports my child’s wider personal development. 18 35 12 5 14 84
14. I would recommend this school to another parent. 70 14

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 45%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 101

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.4
Writing 2.6
Maths 1

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 10 2
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Empingham Church of England Primary School had 68 pupils for 103 places. 35 places (34.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Rutland Primarys” planning area

Rutland counted 321 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 305 in 2029–30, down 5%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 103103103103103103
Pupils 747781797168
Unfilled 28.2%25.2%21.4%23.3%31.1%34.0%

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 Empingham Church of England Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.9%4.8%4.0%4.0%4.8%
Unauthorised absence 0.3%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.6%
Severely absent pupils 2.7%0.0%1.4%2.9%0.0%

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 Empingham Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.02.9
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Empingham Church of England Primary School had 9.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.611.711.210.69.87.97.3
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%10.9%3.8%0.0%19.6%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –11.1%71.4%37.5%25.0%50.0%–
Sick days per teacher –1.61.92.51.31.5–

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, 7.0% of pupils at Empingham Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Social, emotional and mental health 1 0
Speech, language and communication needs 0 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 2024–25 Empingham Church of England Primary School received £8,181 and spent £8,901 for each of its 69 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £67,000 (£965 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of The Rutland Learning Trust, income was £7,559 and spending £7,570 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £104,000£109,000£119,000£97,000£102,000£67,000
per pupil £1,283£1,366£1,472£1,213£1,432£965
In-year balance £28,000£10,000£45,000-£8,000£6,000-£50,000
per pupil £347£124£556-£100£80-£720

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Exton and Greetham CofE Primary School
Garden Road, Exton, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8AY
2.17 miles
Great Casterton Church of England Primary School
Pickworth Road, Great Casterton, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 4AU
2.77 miles
Edith Weston Academy
Weston Road, Edith Weston, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8HQ
2.97 miles
Ketton Church of England Primary School
Ketton Cof E Primary School High Street, Ketton, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 3TE
3.09 miles
Malcolm Sargent Primary School
Empingham Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2SR
3.57 miles
St Mary and St John CofE VA Primary School
Church Street, North Luffenham, Oakham, Rutland, Rutland, LE15 8JR
3.59 miles
Meadows View School
Tinwell Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2JL
4.09 miles
Stamford St Gilberts Church of England Primary School
Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2PP
4.44 miles
The Bluecoat School
Green Lane, The Bluecoat School, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 1HE
4.49 miles
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
Mill Lane, Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 7DL
4.63 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Kesteven Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 1SR
4.69 miles
Stamford Junior School
Kettering Road, Stamford, PE9 2LR
4.7 miles
Cottesmore Academy
Kendrew Barracks, Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 7BA
4.7 miles
St George's Church of England Aided Primary School
Kesteven Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 1SX
4.83 miles
Name Distance
Wilds Lodge School
Stamford Road, Empingham, Oakham, LE15 8QQ
0.8 miles
Casterton College Rutland
Ryhall Road, Great Casterton, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 4AT
2.96 miles
The Shires
Shires Lane, Stretton, Rutland, LE15 7GT
4.27 miles
Stamford Welland Academy
Green Lane, Stamford Welland Academy, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 1HE
4.57 miles
Stamford Endowed Schools
Brazenose House, Lincolnshire, PE9 2BE
4.89 miles

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How many pupils does Empingham Church of England Primary School have?

Empingham Church of England Primary School has 57 pupils on roll.

What age range does Empingham Church of England Primary School cover?

Empingham Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Empingham Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Empingham Church of England Primary School?

Empingham Church of England Primary School is at School Lane, Empingham, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8PQ.

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