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Dersingham Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 199Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 138795URN

Admirals Drive, Dersingham, King's Lynn, PE31 6LR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJul 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2023
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.6 below Norfolk median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

32 applications for 22 places · 154th of 180 in Norfolk
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
59%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJul 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2023

Inspection history

  1. 15 November 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 15 July 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Norfolk median (2.0) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

32 applications · 22 places offered · 18 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.3; Norfolk median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Norfolk median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202622321.5180.82
Sep 202521281.3211.00
Sep 202415181.2151.00
Sep 202318231.3140.78
Sep 202222301.4221.00
Sep 202125341.4240.96
Sep 202020341.7190.95
Sep 201937441.2350.95
Sep 201832481.5321.00
Sep 201733391.2320.97
Sep 201630411.4290.97
Sep 201540601.5421.05
Sep 201433371.1310.94

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 62% · Writing 62% · Maths 69% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%113th of 263 in Norfolk
Reading
Expected standard62%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard62%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard69%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Norfolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2559%0%104105
2023/2459%7%104105
2022/2338%0%102103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
138795 · 926/2028
Capacity
250 pupils · 199 on roll
Free school meals
25.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2013
Address
Admirals Drive, Dersingham, King's Lynn, PE31 6LR
Local authority
Norfolk · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources