Swaffham Meadow Primary School
Primary school in Swaffham, Norfolk. Inadequate (Feb 2024). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 7 February 2024, report published 18 March 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Swaffham Meadow Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around February 2028
The last inspection was in February 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.3 milesHeartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School
Good (Jul 2023)
- 0.7 milesSwaffham CofE Primary Academy
Good (Jun 2023)
- 2.3 milesSporle Church of England Primary Academy
Good (Jul 2022)
- 3.7 milesNecton VA Primary School
Report card, May 2026: 4 strong, 3 expected
- 3.9 milesCastle Acre Church of England Primary Academy
Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.