Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 21 May 2024Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 2 November 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry75 applications · 38 places offered · 34 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.8; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2016 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2015 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2014 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Whitefriars Church of England Primary School (URN 121141), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 38 | 75 | 2.0 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 106 | 1.8 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 49 | 71 | 1.5 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 58 | 81 | 1.4 | 61 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 40 | 56 | 1.4 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 47 | 76 | 1.6 | 42 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 86 | 1.5 | 56 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 86 | 1.4 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 93 | 1.6 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 90 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 90 | 1.5 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 100 | 1.7 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 53 | 79 | 1.5 | 46 | 0.87 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 78% · Writing 61% · Maths 76% → all three 54% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Norfolk median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 54% | 4% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 13% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 4% | 104 | 104 |
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
- Whitefriars Church of England Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20242.0applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20242.9applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · NorfolkGood20231.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · NorfolkRemains Outstanding20232.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20241.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place
- 1.7 km · NorfolkSerious weaknesses Inadequate202343%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place
- 2.2 km · NorfolkGood20231.5applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141314 · 926/3397
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 394 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Whitefriars Church of England Primary School (URN 121141)
- Address
- Whitefriars Road, King's Lynn, PE30 5AH
- Local authority
- Norfolk · King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources