Academy converter · Primary
King's Lynn · PE31 6AX · Norfolk
Ages 3–11
- KS258%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM19.0%
- Demand1.00
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 138795
Dersingham Primary School
Voluntary aided school · King's Lynn · PE31 6LR
Ages 2–11 · 199 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
59%
Overall absence
5.2%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-12-18
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)59%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)12.0%
Unauthorised2.0%
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 158
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
15
Places offered
15
1st-preference offers
15
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 18
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 15
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- 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 fill80%
199 pupils · 250 places
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- Boys / girls
- 103 / 96
- School capacity
- 250
- Capacity fill
- 199 / 250 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 25.3%
- FSM pupils
- 45
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Warren
Location
- Address
- Admirals Drive, Dersingham
- Postcode
- PE31 6LR
- Town
- King's Lynn
- County
- Norfolk
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 2–11, in King's Lynn, Norfolk, 199 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 25.3%. Diocese: Diocese of Norwich.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ingoldisthorpe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary aided school · Primary
King's Lynn · PE31 6PE · Norfolk
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM5.9%
- Demand1.06
1.7 miles away
Flitcham Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
King's Lynn · PE31 6BU · Norfolk
Ages 3–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM22.9%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
Snettisham Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
King's Lynn · PE31 7LT · Norfolk
Ages 5–11
- KS260%
- Absence8.2%
- FSM38.8%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Warren
- Telephone
- 01485540308