Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 2 June 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 17 May 2022Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry413 applications · 193 places offered · 191 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 2.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.4
- This school
- Norfolk median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 193 | 413 | 2.1 | 191 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 193 | 454 | 2.4 | 221 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 189 | 369 | 2.0 | 190 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2023 | 190 | 406 | 2.1 | 230 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2022 | 195 | 360 | 1.9 | 187 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 171 | 359 | 2.1 | 239 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2020 | 171 | 317 | 1.9 | 158 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 198 | 332 | 1.7 | 180 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 197 | 306 | 1.6 | 160 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2017 | 168 | 243 | 1.5 | 153 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 | 147 | 236 | 1.6 | 134 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 157 | 235 | 1.5 | 137 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 | 111 | 205 | 1.9 | 108 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 174 | 41.0 | 37% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 181 | 39.1 | 34% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 198 | 38.9 | 37% | 55% | −0.64 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 36.2 | 30% | 48% | −0.49 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- King's Lynn AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · NorfolkRemains Good20222.0applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · NorfolkRemains Good20231.6applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 16.6 km · NorfolkGood20221.3applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 16.8 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 19.9 km · LincolnshireRequires significant improvement 20261.7applications per place 34.0Attainment 8
- 20.1 km · CambridgeshireStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 20.6 km · CambridgeshireNot yet inspected1.8applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136202 · 926/6909
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 972 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Replaced
- The Park High School (URN 121156)
- Address
- Queen Mary Road, King's Lynn, PE30 4QG
- Local authority
- Norfolk · King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources