Walpole Cross Keys Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
King's Lynn · PE34 4HD · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM13.5%
- Demand1.50
2.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 141758
Anthony Curton CofE Primary School
Academy converter · Wisbech · PE14 7NG
Ages 4–11 · 191 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
64%
Overall absence
5.6%
Admissions demand
0.95 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)64%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.3%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 178
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.95 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
19
Places offered
20
1st-preference offers
19
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 24
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 20
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill91%
191 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 191
- Boys / girls
- 98 / 93
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 191 / 210 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 14.1%
- FSM pupils
- 27
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ely
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: GRACE SCHOOLS
- Academy trust
- GRACE SCHOOLS
- Sponsor
- Grace Schools
- Headteacher
- Miss Dawn Liddle
Location
- Address
- The Chase, Walpole St Peter
- Postcode
- PE14 7NG
- Town
- Wisbech
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Wisbech, Norfolk, 191 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 14.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Ely.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Walpole Highway Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Wisbech · PE14 7QQ · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- Absence10.2%
- FSM33.3%
- Demand1.00
2.4 miles away
West Walton Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Wisbech · PE14 7HA · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence9.0%
- FSM19.2%
- Demand1.10
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Dawn Liddle
- Telephone
- 01945780121