Blenheim Park Academy
General Information
- Address: Lancaster Road, Sculthorpe, Fakenham, NR21 7PX – View on map
- Phone: 01485528368
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jill Graver
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.4%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the North Norfolk average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 35.1% a year (North Norfolk 17.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 15% moved to another school, 85% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Norfolk: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 26 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Norfolk (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 2.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 90% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 36 percentage points above the North Norfolk average (54%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 81% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 81%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 90% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 60%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 10 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 1st of 28 junior and primary schools in the area
- #1Blenheim Park Academy90%
- #2Stalham Academy82%
- #3Langham Village School79%
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5th of 20 primary schools in North Norfolk for Ofsted rating
- #3Bacton Primary SchoolGood
- #4Blakeney Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #5Blenheim Park AcademyGood
- #6Corpusty Primary SchoolGood
- #7Gresham Village School and NurseryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,647 (2024-25)
11th of 22 primary schools in North Norfolk for spending per pupil
- #9Neatishead Church of England Primary School£9,097
- #10St John's Community Primary School and Nursery£8,403
- #11Blenheim Park Academy£7,647
- #12Langham Village School£7,515
- #13Overstrand, the Belfry, Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£7,423
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