Primary
Swanton Morley VC Primary School
Manns Lane, Swanton Morley, Dereham, NR20 4PX
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 174 of 210 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2024
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
21%
104.0
12th of 12 by our score, among the primary schools in Dereham we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 101 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 21% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 85% |
| 23/24 | 80% |
| 24/25 | 21% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Manns Lane, Swanton Morley, Dereham, NR20 4PX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Norfolk admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Matthew Richards
- Address
- Manns Lane, Swanton Morley, Dereham, NR20 4PX
- Telephone
- 01362637219
Other primary schools nearby
- St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley2.6/10
- King's Park Infant School, DerehamNot enough data
- Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery AcademyNot enough data
- Bawdeswell Community Primary School4.4/10
- North Elmham Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery2.8/10
- Grove House Infant and Nursery SchoolNot enough data