Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · PE32 2AR

General information Primary School · 5-11 years Who goes here 86 pupils, 34.9% FSM

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Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy

General Information

Address: Back Lane, Castle Acre, King's Lynn, PE32 2AR – View on map
Phone: 01760755305
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Anne Neary
Age range: 5-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 3 families put it first for 4 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

86 pupils out of 77 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 30
% eligible for free school meals: 34.9%
Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the King's Lynn and West Norfolk average)
English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 33.3% a year (King's Lynn and West Norfolk 17.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 4.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 23.3%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 14.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2018 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 33% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 24 percentage points below the King's Lynn and West Norfolk average (57%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 34% against an expected 48%)
3-year average (expected standard): 34%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 42% · Writing 42% · Maths 42% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 42%
Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
Based on: 12 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

This schoolKing's Lynn and West Norfolk averageEngland↘ Falling Down 17 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 24 percentage points below the King's Lynn and West Norfolk average (57%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 51st of 57 junior and primary schools in the area

#49Holy Cross Church of England Primary School40%
#50West Walton Community Primary School34%
=51Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy33%
=51Harpley CofE VC Primary School33%
=51Terrington St John Primary School33%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1All Saints Academy93%
#2Ingoldisthorpe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School83%
#3Iceni Primary Academy80%
#4St Martin At Shouldham Church of England Primary Academy79%
#5Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School77%
=6Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School76%
=6North Wootton Academy76%
=8Flitcham Church of England Primary Academy75%
=8The Norman Church of England Primary School, Northwold75%
#10Reffley Academy74%
#11Snettisham Primary School73%
=12Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School71%
=12Walpole Highway Primary School71%
#14Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary Academy70%
#15Gaywood Primary School69%
#16Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, Feltwell68%
=17Anthony Curton CofE Primary School67%
=17Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School67%
=17Tilney All Saints CofE Primary School67%
=17West Lynn Primary School67%
#21St Martha's Catholic Primary School65%
#22Heacham Junior School64%
#23Nelson Academy63%
#24Watlington Community Primary School62%
#25Burnham Market Primary and Nursery School61%
=26Emneth Academy60%
=26Hilgay Riverside Academy60%
=26South Wootton Junior School60%
#29Dersingham Primary School59%
#30Eastgate Academy58%
#31Hunstanton Primary School57%
#32Wimbotsham and Stow Academy56%
#33Whitefriars Church of England Primary Academy54%
#34Clenchwarton Primary School53%
=35Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery50%
=35Holly Meadows School50%
=35St Michael's Church of England Academy50%
=35Walpole Cross Keys Primary School50%
=35West Winch Primary School50%
=40Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Junior48%
=40Greenpark Academy48%
#42Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary School47%
=43Beaupre Community Primary School46%
=43Southery Academy46%
#45St Germans Academy45%
=46Parkway Academy43%
=46Terrington St Clement Community School43%
#48Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School42%
#49Holy Cross Church of England Primary School40%
#50West Walton Community Primary School34%
=51Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy33%
=51Harpley CofE VC Primary School33%
=51Terrington St John Primary School33%
=54Greyfriars Academy31%
=54Upwell Academy31%
#56Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School29%
#57Magdalen Academy17%

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6th of 41 primary schools in King's Lynn and West Norfolk for Ofsted rating

#4Anthony Curton CofE Primary SchoolGood
#5Burnham Market Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#6Castle Acre Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#7Clenchwarton Primary SchoolGood
#8Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Eastgate AcademyOutstanding
#2Whitefriars Church of England Primary AcademyOutstanding
#3All Saints AcademyGood
#4Anthony Curton CofE Primary SchoolGood
#5Burnham Market Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#6Castle Acre Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#7Clenchwarton Primary SchoolGood
#8Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#9Dersingham Primary SchoolGood
#10Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary SchoolGood
#11Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, FeltwellGood
#12Emneth AcademyGood
#13Flitcham Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#14Greenpark AcademyGood
#15Hilgay Riverside AcademyGood
#16Holly Meadows SchoolGood
#17Holy Cross Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18Hunstanton Primary SchoolGood
#19Magdalen AcademyGood
#20Marshland St James Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#21Nelson AcademyGood
#22North Wootton AcademyGood
#23Reffley AcademyGood
#24Rudham CofE Primary AcademyGood
#25Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#26Snettisham Primary SchoolGood
#27St Martha's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#28St Michael's Church of England AcademyGood
#29Terrington St Clement Community SchoolGood
#30Terrington St John Primary SchoolGood
#31The Norman Church of England Primary School, NorthwoldGood
#32Tilney All Saints CofE Primary SchoolGood
#33Walpole Cross Keys Primary SchoolGood
#34Walpole Highway Primary SchoolGood
#35Watlington Community Primary SchoolGood
#36West Lynn Primary SchoolGood
#37West Walton Community Primary SchoolGood
#38West Winch Primary SchoolGood
#39Wimbotsham and Stow AcademyGood
#40Greyfriars AcademyRequires improvement
#41Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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