Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 27 January 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 6 October 2021Graded 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 entry99 applications · 39 places offered · 35 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 2.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 2.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 2.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 2.6; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2016 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Gaywood Community Primary School (URN 133402), 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 | 39 | 99 | 2.5 | 35 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 42 | 106 | 2.5 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 40 | 93 | 2.3 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 43 | 110 | 2.6 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 44 | 109 | 2.5 | 40 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 49 | 110 | 2.2 | 45 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 132 | 2.2 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 57 | 125 | 2.2 | 52 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 123 | 2.1 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 59 | 151 | 2.6 | 72 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 132 | 2.2 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 130 | 2.2 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 * | 61 | 133 | 2.2 | 70 | 1.15 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 79% · Maths 78% → all three 69% 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 | 69% | 7% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 7% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 62% | 7% | 103 | 105 |
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
- Gaywood Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.0 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.6applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · NorfolkGood20221.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place
- 1.4 km · NorfolkSerious weaknesses Inadequate202343%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · NorfolkRemains Good202360%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place
- 1.8 km · Norfolk20262.8applications 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144532 · 926/2427
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 353 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Gaywood Community Primary School (URN 133402)
- Address
- Field Lane, King's Lynn, PE30 4AY
- Local authority
- Norfolk · King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources