Eastgate Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school King's Lynn, Norfolk·PE30 1QA
Composite score
37.7
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#11,629
National rank
#1258
In East of England
#157
In Norfolk
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
72
any preference, for 26 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.22
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3420221.0720231.4320241.0720250.852026

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

Every child who put Eastgate Academy 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
273
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
38.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
45.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,355
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Eastgate Academy

Eastgate Academy is a primary school in King's Lynn, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 273 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 15.0 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 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Eastgate Academy their first choice was offered one of its 26 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% 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. Eastgate Academy 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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