Graded inspection · Dec 2022 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 6 December 2022Graded inspection: Good
- 1 October 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry35 applications · 18 places offered · 18 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.6; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.4; 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 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Heacham Infant and Nursery School (URN 120874), 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 | 18 | 35 | 1.9 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 21 | 33 | 1.6 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 30 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 23 | 29 | 1.3 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 21 | 26 | 1.2 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 45 | 1.6 | 33 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2020 | 27 | 38 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 24 | 34 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 27 | 43 | 1.6 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 27 | 40 | 1.5 | 28 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2016 * | 20 | 35 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 37 | 56 | 1.5 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 39 | 57 | 1.5 | 40 | 1.03 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Heacham Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.9applications per place
- 0.5 km · NorfolkStandards maintained202464%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · NorfolkRemains Good20221.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 7.5 km · NorfolkRemains Good20231.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 8.7 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 9.6 km · NorfolkGood20232.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 11.5 km · NorfolkRemains Good20231.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143462 · 926/2196
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 102 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2016
- Replaced
- Heacham Infant and Nursery School (URN 120874)
- Address
- School Road, Heacham, King's Lynn, PE31 7DQ
- Local authority
- Norfolk · King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources