West Winch Primary School

Community school·Primary school King's Lynn, Norfolk·PE33 0LA
Composite score
36.0
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#12,157
National rank
#1337
In East of England
#179
In Norfolk
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
38 first choices, 35 places
First choices per place
1.09
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
47
any preference, for 35 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.1020231.0020240.9620251.092026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Norfolk does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for West Winch Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
214
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,594
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About West Winch Primary School

West Winch Primary School is a primary school in King's Lynn, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 214 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). West Winch Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 38 first choices for 35 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 25.7 pupils per teacher. West Winch Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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