Academy sponsor led · Norfolk

Blenheim Park Academy

5–11Ages
70Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144021URN

Lancaster Road, Sculthorpe, Fakenham, NR21 7PX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

close to Norfolk median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

17 applications for 9 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

90%met the expected standard

Norfolk 57% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

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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 entry

1.9applications per place, Reception

close to Norfolk median (2.0) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

17 applications · 9 places offered · 9 named it first

2026 1.9; Norfolk median median 2.0
2025 1.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
2024 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.7
2023 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
2022 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
2021 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
2020 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
2019 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
2018 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
2017 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6
2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
2015 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
2014 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Norfolk median

Dashed bars: as Blenheim Park Primary School (URN 120907), 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	9	17	1.9	9	1.00
Sep 2025	6	9	1.5	6	1.00
Sep 2024	4	8	2.0	4	1.00
Sep 2023	10	12	1.2	9	0.90
Sep 2022	8	11	1.4	8	1.00
Sep 2021	14	16	1.1	14	1.00
Sep 2020	10	13	1.3	10	1.00
Sep 2019	8	9	1.1	8	1.00
Sep 2018	12	14	1.2	12	1.00
Sep 2017	15	19	1.3	14	0.93
Sep 2016 *	10	13	1.3	8	0.80
Sep 2015 *	10	14	1.4	10	1.00
Sep 2014 *	13	17	1.3	12	0.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 100% · Writing 90% · Maths 90% → all three 90% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard90%3rd of 263 in Norfolk

Norfolk 57% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard100%

Norfolk 73% England 78%

Higher standard0%

Norfolk 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard90%

Norfolk 68% England 75%

Greater depth20%

Norfolk 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard90%

Norfolk 71% England 77%

Higher standard10%

Norfolk 19% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Norfolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	90%	0%	106	104
2023/24	89%	22%	108	106
2022/23	56%	0%	103	101

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

Blenheim Park AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.9applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
Rudham CofE Primary Academy
4.6 km · Norfolk

Standards maintained2025

2.4applications per place
Sculthorpe Church of England Primary Academy
5.8 km · Norfolk

Good2024

2.5applications per place
Fakenham Junior School
8.2 km · Norfolk

Good2023

35%met the SATs standard
Harpley CofE VC Primary School
8.4 km · Norfolk

2026

1.8applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Fakenham Infant and Nursery School
8.7 km · Norfolk

Good2023

1.5applications per place
Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery
9.1 km · Norfolk

Standards maintained2025

1.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Colkirk Church of England Primary Academy
9.4 km · Norfolk

Remains Good2024

4.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Great Massingham CofE Primary School
10.3 km · Norfolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.3applications 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: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144021 · 926/2159
Trust: Ad Meliora Academy Trust
Capacity: 157 pupils · 70 on roll
Free school meals: 31.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 March 2017
Replaced: Blenheim Park Primary School (URN 120907)
Address: Lancaster Road, Sculthorpe, Fakenham, NR21 7PX
Local authority: Norfolk · North Norfolk

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