Edith Weston Academy
General Information
- Address: Weston Road, Edith Weston, Oakham, LE15 8HQ – View on map
- Phone: 01780720025
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Headteacher Ellie Kapler
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 9 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 8
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.0%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Rutland average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 31.5% a year (Rutland 15.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Rutland: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Rutland, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 31.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 38% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 27 percentage points below the Rutland average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 33% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 33%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 50% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 99
- Based on: 8 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 17th of 17 junior and primary schools in the area
- #15Empingham Church of England Primary School45%
- #16St Mary and St John CofE VA Primary School40%
- #17Edith Weston Academy38%
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5th of 14 primary schools in Rutland for Ofsted rating
- #3Catmose PrimaryGood
- #4Cottesmore AcademyGood
- #5Edith Weston AcademyGood
- #6Empingham Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #7Exton and Greetham CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £12,472 (2024-25)
1st of 17 primary schools in Rutland for spending per pupil
- #1Edith Weston Academy£12,472
- #2Oakham CofE Primary School£10,556
- #3Exton and Greetham CofE Primary School£8,836
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