Gayton Church of England Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Kings Lynn, Norfolk·PE32 1QZ
Composite score
25.4
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#14,003
National rank
#1574
In East of England
#234
In Norfolk
Top 95%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
39%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 22 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 Gayton Church of England Primary 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
175
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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About Gayton Church of England Primary Academy

Gayton Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 175 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 8.0 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 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Gayton Church of England Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. Gayton Church of England Primary 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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