Hunstanton Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Hunstanton, Norfolk·PE36 5DY
Composite score
41.7
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National rank
#1114
In East of England
#130
In Norfolk
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
32
any preference, for 19 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.9620231.0020240.8620250.902026

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

Every child who put Hunstanton 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
174
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
27.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,694
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Hunstanton Primary School

Hunstanton Primary School is a primary school in Hunstanton, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 174 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Hunstanton Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 17 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Hunstanton 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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