Langham Village School
North Street, Langham, Holt, NR25 7DG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Polly Kossowicz
- Constituency
- North Norfolk
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 104
- URN
- 120825
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01328830377
About this school
Langham Village School is a community primary school in Holt. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 104 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 42% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 75% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 25% | 50% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 58% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Langham Village School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Norfolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 25% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 90 |
| 2023/24 | 93 |
| 2024/25 | 103 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Langham Village School compares
Langham Village School ranked 21st of 266 primary schools in Norfolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 4.5% | 7.8% | 104 | — |
| Blakeney Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | — | 5.3% | 31% | 31 | 2.0 miles |
| Hindringham Church of England Primary School | — | 5% | 7.4% | 35 | 3.8 miles |
| Holt Community Primary School | 50% | 5.9% | 38.3% | 176 | 4.7 miles |
| Walsingham CE VA Primary School | — | 6.5% | 65.4% | 30 | 5.2 miles |
| Kelling CE Primary School | 17% | 5.4% | 30% | 56 | 5.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.77%
- English as an additional language
- 1.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.52%
- Persistent absence
- 11.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blakeney Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Holt
-
Hindringham Church of England Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Fakenham
-
Holt Community Primary School4.7 miles
Primary · Holt
-
Walsingham CE VA Primary School5.2 miles
Primary · Walsingham
-
Kelling CE Primary School5.4 miles
Primary · Kelling
Other schools in Holt
Common questions
- What year groups does Langham Village School teach?
- Langham Village School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Holt.
- Who is the headteacher of Langham Village School?
- The headteacher of Langham Village School is Mrs Polly Kossowicz, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Langham Village School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Langham Village School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Langham Village School?
- Langham Village School has 104 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Langham Village School full?
- Langham Village School has capacity for 105 pupils and 104 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Langham Village School a faith school?
- No. Langham Village School has no designated religious character.
- Does Langham Village School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Langham Village School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Langham Village School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 25% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Langham Village School rank locally?
- Langham Village School ranked 21st of 266 primary schools in Norfolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Langham Village School's absence rate?
- Langham Village School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Langham Village School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Langham Village School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.