Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Cottingham

Ofsted's report card from its 22 September 2026 inspection grades Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically make suitable progress through the curriculum from their respective starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils enjoy school and attendance is high."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a well-designed curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years are happy and engaged by their learning."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "An increasing number of pupils who face barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing have joined the school in recent years."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are role models of professionalism and high expectations."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a coherent and well-considered personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the curriculum is taught consistently well and that activity choices and adaptations support all pupils to make highly effective progress from their starting points"; "Leaders should further develop and embed their work to ensure that any gaps in pupils' basic skills and knowledge are closing quickly"; "Leaders should ensure that they use detailed and insightful impact analysis to ensure that improvement strategies lead to consistently strong standards across all areas of the school's work".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, hockey, gymnastics, badminton, choir, guitar, coding, Lego and cooking.

The school runs a breakfast club from 6:00am and after-school care.

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in East Riding of Yorkshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 100% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 5 families put Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School as their first choice and 8 named it as one of their preferences, for 5 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are Skidby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1.9 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); Walkington Primary School (2.4 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths); Westfield Primary School (3.5 miles, Good, 78% reading, 78% maths); and Kirk Ella St Andrew's Community Primary School (3.7 miles, Good, 78% reading, 65% maths).

Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

8.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 11 pupils (18.6%) received SEN support and 5 (8.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 5 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Little Weighton Old Village Road, 240 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1 crime within a mile of the school, most often criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in East Riding of Yorkshire (31).

In 2024/25, Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School issued 1 suspension, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.