Harpley CofE VC Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school King's Lynn, Norfolk·PE31 6DY
Composite score
21.4
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#14,314
National rank
#1617
In East of England
#245
In Norfolk
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
33%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
5 first choices, 5 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
9
any preference, for 5 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Harpley CofE VC Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
56
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,563
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Harpley CofE VC Primary School at a glance

Located in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Harpley CofE VC Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 56 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 100 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Harpley CofE VC Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 5 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. Harpley CofE VC 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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